Danny,

You might recall the message that started the discussion was from a dude 
that wanted to selectively listen on one broadcast subnet but not 
another. I proposed to add a list of addresses to the broadcastclient 
command and include both original broadcast as well as multicast, just 
like the broadcast command now. I did not intend to remove the curent 
multicastclient command nor novolley option in the interest of backward 
compatibility.

You invite me to change the manycast commands, presumably because nobody 
uses them and backwards compatibilty doesn't matter. You might be right.

Dave

Danny Mayer wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> My concern there was with the config file, user confusion and compatibility.
> 
> On the matter of manycast I believe that is in the ntp_config.c code and 
> you can change it in any way you choose.
> 
> Danny
> 
> David L. Mills wrote:
> 
>>Danny,
>>
>>I prposed unifying the broadcastclient and multicastclient commands and 
>>making the distinction on the basis of specified address. This is 
>>similar to the way the broadcast command works now and would lesson 
>>confusion. As I recall, you were not thrilled with that idea. I did not 
>>intend to make a pissing contest over this, only a suggestion. Whether 
>>the code to do this is in the I/O scope or related, I am incompetent to 
>>muck there.
>>
>>Dave

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