[ntp:questions] What happens if ntp server unavailable at start up?

Unruh unruh-spam at physics.ubc.ca
Fri Sep 12 13:18:16 UTC 2008


Steve Kostecke <kostecke at ntp.org> writes:

>On 2008-09-11, Bill Unruh <unruh at physics.ubc.ca> wrote:

>> A question has arisen in another group-- What happens if, when ntp starts
>> up, the remoter server is unavailable ( eg no DNS or no connection)?
>> This is highly likely to be the case for a laptop for example, where the
>> connection with the local network is only brought up by the user after a
>> while, or on wakeup from a power outage when the net may be unstable or the
>> router be out when ntp comes up. 

>As of 4.2.4p5 ntpd does the right thing in these situations. Here's an
>extract from the stable release ChangeLog:

>(4.2.4p5) 2008/08/17 Released by Harlan Stenn <stenn at ntp.org>

>* [Bug 841] Obsolete the "dynamic" keyword and make deferred
>  binding to local interfaces the default.
>  Emit a warning if that keyword is used for configuration.

"deferred binding to local interfaces" means what? If my server is a
pool.ntp server, but my gateway is down when I  boot up, will it eventually
bind to pool? Or just say-- the hell with it? What counts as "local"?

Did the dynamic keyword ever work? The web docs say that it is not yet
implimented.


>The complete ChangeLog is at http://archive.ntp.org/ntp4/ChangeLog-stable

>-- 
>Steve Kostecke <kostecke at ntp.org>
>NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/




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