[ntp:questions] Re: NTP Multicast server/client?
Danny Mayer
mayer at gis.net
Thu Oct 6 03:55:59 UTC 2005
Wilhelm Greiner wrote:
> Hi,
> * Danny Mayer <mayer at ntp.isc.org> schrieb:
>
>>>Could not find this option in the man page.
>>
>> NTP doesn't ship man pages. Those are created by your O/S vendor.
>> You need to look in the HTML pages. You can start here:
>> http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/index.html
>>
>>
>>>when i try "multicastclient 224.6.2.1 novolley" or
>>>"multicastclient novolley 224.6.2.1" in the config
>>>it too transmit packets.
>>>See the output.
>>>
>>>The reason is that there can be a way back, but with other delay,
>>>that falsified the resulting time.
>>>Also this can trigger an unwanted dial in.
>>>
>>>[root at ntpserver ntpd-4.1.2_build_20051004]# ./ntpd -d | grep transmit
>>
>> Upgrade that version is very old. novolley may have been added in 4.2.0.
>
>
> I cant run 4.2.x, it doesnt run as multicast client here
> see above postings.
>
Ah. I have a fix in process at the moment that should make multicast
client work on linux. I expect to be able to make it available in the
next few days.
Danny
Danny
> mfg Wilhelm
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