Steve, For record, there once was a misguided ISP with 100 routers, each and every one of which configured the other 99 routers in symmetric active mode. Hey, it's his network.
Dave Steve Kostecke wrote: > On 2007-01-17, Richard B. Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>>Eric wrote: >>> >>> >>>>For the group's amusement, below are the results of an NTPQ "peer" >>>>command to a us.pool.ntp.org server (located in Florida). >>> >>>I will agree with "excessive"! >> >>Perhaps the documentation needs to emphasize that nptd can't use more >>than ten servers at once > > > The documentation clearly states that any peer which is not among the > first ten peers sorted by synchronization distance will be discarded! > See http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/ntpq.html !! > > If you feel that this information belongs in the community supported > documentation please feel free to add it!!! If you feel that this > information belongs somewhere else please go through the usual > channels!!!! > > >>and that this sort of thing borders on abusive! > > > This server is the exception! Not the rule!! Usually we see that people > don't use enough servers!!! > > >>I'm sure the server in question would benefit from a much more cluefull >>selection. It's ridiculous for a server in Florida to use a server in >>Japan!! > > > !!!!! > _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
