Steve Kostecke wrote:
> The use of the Undisciplined Local Clock or Orphan Mode
> on a leaf-node system (i.e. a client-only system) is
> strongly discouraged because it can lead to conditions
> where ntpd erroneously chases the system clock and ignores
> real time servers when they become available.
Hmm, I never thought of using orphan mode for a isolated client,
{I don't see the value}.
When you have a group of computers on a LAN configured for
orphan mode, and lose contact with remote servers,
the LAN client/servers will follow each other around.
Then when the remote servers can be contacted again,
the remote servers are selected.
This appears to happen, even if there are a large number
of LAN anycast orphan machines, and only one remote server
(as opposed to the recommended 4 minimum), due to the
large dispersion that has built up while the LAN servers
were isolated, and chasing each other in orphan mode.
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