[99325] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Question on Loosely Synchronized Router Clocks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Janet Sullivan)
Mon Sep 17 20:47:49 2007
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:46:37 -0700
From: Janet Sullivan <ciscogeek@bgp4.net>
To: Xin Liu <smilerliu@gmail.com>
CC: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <ea11805f0709171554k5660bbc5h23f2491735f510f8@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Xin Liu wrote:
> 1. Can we assume loosely synchronized router clocks in the Internet,
> or we have to make absolutely no assumption about router clocks at
> all?
Make no assumption. I've seen plenty of routers who aren't even on the
correct year. Routers can work just fine while thinking its 1999.
