Agreed. That does seem strange.. -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Randy Bush Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 2:11 PM To: Xin Liu Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Question on Loosely Synchronized Router Clocks Xin Liu wrote:

If a router's clock is off by more than 5 minutes, it cannot forward packets

this is false. i suggest you do more reading. randy