On 2008-09-19, David Woolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 05IT042 wrote: > >> Okay, i wanted 2 computers on a lan. One as the ntp server and the >> other as the client. I want the client to synchronize to the server. >> If i understand right, i have to use orphan mode on my server and what >> on my client? > > With orphan mode, all machines are configured the same, and the system > choses the master for itself. It's more useful when there are rather > more than two machines. You should not use it if one machine should > always be master.
Nonsense. A single ntpd can be configured in Orphan Mode to serve as the "server" for a time island. A hierarchy of Orphan Mode servers can be establish by properly setting the strata on the tos orphan lines. -- Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/ _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
