[ntp:questions] Re: NTP clients not throttling back is this behaviour RFC compliant?

David L. Mills mills at udel.edu
Tue Dec 2 18:22:07 UTC 2003


Chris,

You need a kod on the restrict line.

Dave

Chris Stenton wrote:
> 
> What I mean is that you can set say
> 
> discard average 18
> restrict default limited
> 
> A client then polls every 16 seconds and after a few packets the server
> starts dropping packets from the client but the client keeps polling every
> 16 seconds regardless of the fact that the packets are being dropped.
> 
> Chris
> 
> "Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl at RZ.Uni-Regensburg.DE> wrote in message
> news:m3oeuy800g.fsf at pc5234.klinik.uni-regensburg.de...
> > Is "too fast" every 64 seconds, or is it a server receiving several
> > hundred packets per second?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ulrich
> >
> > "Chris Stenton" <jacs at gnome.co.uk> writes:
> >
> > > Following a discussion on another list about win XP and other poorly
> written
> > > clients could someone clarify this for me.
> > >
> > > If an NTP  server starts dropping packets because its client is polling
> too
> > > fast, is the client RFC compliant if it keeps polling at the same rate
> > > regardless of the fact that the packets are being dropped?
> > >
> > > If as I suspect that it is not compliant for version 4 of the protocol
> what
> > > about earlier revisions?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > Chris



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