[ntp:questions] Re: ntpd on Windows XP
Richard B. Gilbert
rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Thu Mar 24 23:38:59 UTC 2005
David Woolley wrote:
>In article <dN2dnW9-DubMTdzfRVn-pA at comcast.com>,
>Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>on the server." (Add explanation of the exact circumstances in which
>>using this might be appropriate. (We certainly don't want people just
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>I seem to remember that the purpose was to support demand dialling.
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>>plugging this in "because it's there"!!!))
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>But human psychology is such that they will. (Mine's better than yours.)
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Mine's bigger! :-)
>>Iburst
>>Recommended for most servers. Initializes the association quickly by
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>It's unclear as to whether server refers to the remote machine
>(in which case there will be confusion because, whilst it is not
>useful for reference clocks, "server" is used for those in the
>configuration file), or whether it is loose usage for the local
>machine, which is really a client in this context.
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Correction accepted. Rewrite to read: "Recommended for most network
servers. Has not effect with hardware reference clocks. Initializes
the association quickly by. . . .
>>sending eight packets at intervals of two seconds except that the first
>>may be delayed by sixteen seconds to allow for modem dialup. After the
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