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   From: tybreakerNO@SPAMhotmail.com   
      
   Rod.Speed@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > Yes. I'll do some more tests tomorrow to see whether the problem   
   > is just the difference between the system time and the internet time   
   > that sees the update ignored. In other words if the amount of time   
   > update is greater than a particular amount of time, it bins the net time.   
   >   
   > I know that it does that when the system time is days   
   > wrong, but in that case it does say that the synch has failed   
   > and its hard to see why it would do that with just 5 mins.   
      
   That rings a bell, NTP has a threshold margin.  If within the threshold,   
   it will slow down/speed up the clock until synch is achieved but if   
   outside the threshold, it can simply fail but it does depend on how NTP   
   is implemented from O/S to O/S.   
      
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