[ntp:questions] Re: Speedstream 5100b time synchronization?

Maarten Wiltink maarten at kittensandcats.net
Thu Jul 7 08:18:29 UTC 2005


<eponymousalias at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've got a Speedstream 5100b DSL modem provided by my ISP
> (a major telco).  Looking at its internal settings (which I
> have no way to modify), I see it synchronizes its own internal
> notion of time with two restricted-access stratum-1 NTP servers.
> Isn't this a first-class bad idea, considering the load this
> would impose as the telco tries to sign up millions of customers?

That depends. The culprit may be Speedstream (meaning apparently
Siemens) rather than the ISP. They may have negotiated access.
Or they may not. That would certainly be a first-class bad idea.
Not that they are the first manufacturer to do this.

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink





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