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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: ntp config tech note
I would be very worried about forcing an unchecked clock sync against a single time source in this way.. if your source is broken you can break a lot.. i think the limit is 1000s so you shouldnt be slipping by that much unless something is broken? Steve On Thu, 20 May 2004, Jared Mauch wrote: > I've found it useful on older machines (PCs with cheap clocks and > oscilators) to cron ntpdate once an hour to prevent the clock from > getting too far off by itself. I've found the daemon doesn't do good enough > of a job to sync on it's own... > > I'm also wondering, how many people are using the ntp.mcast.net > messages to sync their clocks? what about providing ntp > to your customers via the "ntp broadcast" command on > serial links, etc..? > > - jared > >
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