[ntp:questions] Multiple 'prefer' servers

Markus Schöpflin no.spam at spam.spam
Wed Mar 21 17:19:24 UTC 2012


Am 21.03.2012 04:20, schrieb A C:
> Out of curiosity, what does ntpd do when multiple servers are marked 'prefer'.

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/prefer.html#prefer

"While the rules do not forbid it, it is usually not useful to designate more 
than one source as preferred; however, if more than one source is so 
designated, they are used in the order specified in the configuration file. If 
the first one becomes un selectable, the second one is considered and so forth."

HTH,
Markus



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