[ntp:questions] Optimal config
Dennis Hilberg, Jr.
timekeeper at dennishilberg.com.invalid
Mon May 5 19:32:20 UTC 2008
Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> Iburst simply causes ntpd to send eight requests to a server at
> intervals of two seconds when it initializes. The eight replies that
> will normally result allow ntpd to fill its filter pipeline and make a
> pretty good guess at what time it is. Subsequent requests are sent at
> the normal poll intervals, ranging from 64 to 1024 seconds.
Unless the specified peer becomes unreachable, in which case the
eight-packet burst will resume until the peer is reachable. For ntp-4.2.4p4
anyway.
Dennis
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