Evandro Menezes wrote: > On Sep 12, 8:31 am, Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sounds great. So, let me say I have pool.ntp.org as a server. when my >> system comes up (a desktop) the network interface is there, but the dns >> server is still dead, and the gateway is still dead. Ie, no address for >> pool can be gotten from dns. Does the system keep trying or does it give up >> on that server? > > Similarly, if a connection is dropped, will NTP query the DNS server > about the IP of a specified server again or will it binds to an IP > address and never give it up? >
There is NO "connection"!! UDP, which is what NTP uses is a connectionless protocol. If a client receives no response to a query, it is supposed to wait and try again, double the wait time and try again, etc. I believe that a conforming implementation is supposed keep doubling the retry time until it reaches 1024 seconds. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
