[ntp:questions] Re: NTP Multicast server/client?

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.isc.org
Wed Oct 5 18:50:57 UTC 2005


Wilhelm Greiner wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Could not find this option in the man page.
> 
NTP doesn't ship man pages. Those are created by your O/S vendor.
You need to look in the HTML pages. You can start here:
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/index.html

> when i try "multicastclient 224.6.2.1 novolley" or
> "multicastclient novolley 224.6.2.1" in the config
> it too transmit packets.
> See the output.
> 
> The reason is that there can be a way back, but with other delay,
> that falsified the resulting time.
> Also this can trigger an unwanted dial in.
> 
> [root at ntpserver ntpd-4.1.2_build_20051004]# ./ntpd -d | grep transmit

Upgrade that version is very old. novolley may have been added in 4.2.0.

Danny



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