[ntp:questions] Number of servers needed to detect one falseticker?

Miroslav Lichvar mlichvar at redhat.com
Tue Jan 4 22:11:04 UTC 2011


On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 02:35:13PM -0500, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> The problem with using only two servers is that NTPD has no means of
> determining which is more nearly correct when the two differ, as
> they inevitably will!

ntpd will pick the one with smaller distance if their intervals
overlap. Otherwise they both will be falsetickers.

-- 
Miroslav Lichvar



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