"unruh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On 2012-02-02, David J Taylor <[email protected]>
wrote:
On NetBSD-5 with ntpd 4.2.6p5 the default is 64s.
I wonder what expertise they have to select polling for reference
clocks?
BTW: Paul has FreeBSD.
The reason for longer polling is a) network load, and b) rate
optimality.
This was for a reflclock, I believe, not a network server..
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Since that portable is liable to be switched on and off, or moved on a
timescale of 2^10 sec (20 min) having a poll of 10 on a laptop,
especially with ntpd's sloooow response time, seems not terribly useful.
If your network can support it, a much shorter poll for laptops would
seem to be sensible.
As I explained, when locally connected it can and does use a shorter
polling interval, whereas when out and about and using someone else's
network it conforms to the accepted NTP defaults.
Cheers,
David
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