[ntp:questions] Is ntp really what I need?

Brad Knowles brad at stop.mail-abuse.org
Mon Feb 14 20:05:40 UTC 2005


At 4:33 PM +0000 2005-02-14, Paul Hilton wrote:

>  My ntp.conf is:
>
>  server 127.127.1.0
>  fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
>  server blade.avnf.com
>  driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift
>  logfile /var/log/ntp
>  peer 192.168.0.6

	Using two upstream servers is the worst possible configuration, 
and in this instance the local refclock doesn't count.  See 
<https://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Support/DesigningYourNTPNetwork>, 
section 4.3.3.

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