I had a Linux box behind a nailed-up dailup connection. Actually, it *was* the dialup connection. It is the only Linux box amidst a swarm of OS/2 boxen. ntpd had no problems, even when the link went down (which it did with annoying frequency).
What ntpd does is default to the LOCAL hardware clock. Of course, you had to set it up specifically to do that. ntpd has had this capability for over 6 years, at least. The trick is in knowing that you had to do it yourself. I believe that is still the case. Most non-intel *nix boxen do not have a reliable hardware clock (Sun, HP, etc). Even intel boxen have clocks that drift by as much as 5 seconds per day.
Well, I have to get back to mashing my brains on Oracle 8i dox. Good luck with ntpd, it really isn't that hard and it's dead-reliable.
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