[ntp:questions] prefer keyword and local radio clock, was Re: [Bug 177] Clock stepping messes up frequency. (fwd)
rtxo
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Wed Nov 12 00:42:55 UTC 2003
Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
(stuff)
> Yes, I could (and did) slap a "prefer" into the server config line,
> but that seems like a bit of a cop-out. I believe the underlying
....
> I guess I need to poke at the old ntp research papers a bit more. I
> can't believe I'm the first person to notice this.
> -wolfgang
Hi Wolfgang--
Check out the "Mitigation rules and the PREFER keyword" documentation.
It describes the whys and hows of a local radio clock and the operation
with the prefer keyword.
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/prefer.html
../Steven
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