[ntp:questions] NTP reply packets unreliable or rare

Charles c at charlesmatkinson.org
Fri Jan 20 04:55:48 UTC 2017


 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 23:47:27 +0000
 > From: Harlan Stenn <stenn at ntp.org>
 > To: Charles <c at charlesmatkinson.org>
 > Cc: questions at lists.ntp.org
 > Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] NTP reply packets unreliable or rare
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 > Charles writes:
 > > Hello NTP Questions
 > >
 > > We have four NTP servers, configured to fall back to their local 
clocks
 > > and to peer each other.
 >
 > Not the best idea.  Use orphan mode instead:
 >
 >  http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/OrphanMode
 >
 >  https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/orphan.html
 >
 > H

Thanks for the heads up, Harlan.  Orphan mode looks perfect for what we 
want to do.

C


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