[time-nuts] Looking for advice to get a submillisecond setup

Attila Kinali attila at kinali.ch
Fri Feb 20 12:43:08 UTC 2015


On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:11:08 +0100
Matt <mattator at gmail.com> wrote:

> My university would like to have a <1ms precise source of time to do
> some networking experiments (measure one way propagation delays
> etc...). So I wandered on the internet to find the best choice with a
> budget of ~1000€ (~1100 American dollars).
> I've been overwhelmed by the number of possibilities (atomic
> clocks/GPS signal etc...) and as no price appear on the seller
> websites, it's difficult to rule out options.

Can you say a little bit more about your setup?
There are many choices about how to get time accurately and precisely
to a computer, but which one is the "best" depends highly on your setup
and location (and what your requirements are, of course).

			Attila Kinali

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