[ntp:questions] Same Pool Server in list
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Mon Jul 2 20:33:15 UTC 2012
Dave Hart wrote:
> Marc-Andre Alpers wrote:
>> I have restarted my NTPd and the following happened.
>>
>> root at amd-x4:~# ntpq -p
>> evie.fra1.as411 78.47.148.174 3 u 1 64 1 36.242 8.622 4.338
>> evie.fra1.as411 78.47.148.174 3 u 2 64 1 27.690 9.442 2.231
>>
>> Twice the same NTP server in the list.
>>
>> root at amd-x4:~# ntpq -pn
>> 2a01:4f8:d13:23 78.47.148.174 3 u 5 64 1 36.242 8.622 4.338
>> 78.46.221.42 78.47.148.174 3 u 4 64 1 27.690 9.442 3.712
>>
>> I use the pool server and I have IPv6 connectivity.
>> How can i prevent that the same NTP Server is in the list?
>
> While you could add -4 to each of the server lines for the pool,
> that would disable IPv6 use of the pool. not only the ones that
> happen to be the same remote clock. I don't recommend it.
>
> Moreover, I argue you shouldn't be dismayed to be reaching
> the same remote clock via two versions of IP, as the networks
> are in fact different, though they share fate on at least your
> last mile (your internet connection).
I thought there was something in one of the clock algorithms
that discarded some servers >= stratum 2,
that had the same association refid,
unless it had already reduced to min clock?
{I can't spot that in the docs at a quick glance,
however I'm certain I read it somewhere; continuing to look.}
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