On Friday 26 October 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Yes, it is. "iburst" enables quicker initial synchronisation by sending a > >> burst of 8 enquiries. The burst is only sent on first contact, so it's a > >> friendly thing to do, and good practice. > >> > > wow thats fast! i restarted my testbed and it sync'd within seconds. > > The one caveat that I've heard about this is that you need to make sure > that the first server that is used to sync with using iburst is a good > time source. If that server is off for some reason, it will actually > take longer for your server to settle in on good time than leaving off > the iburst parameter. >
makes sense. i recently readjusted the order of servers in ntp.conf based on a 2 week check on which servers it used the most. those i put at the top. > sjm > > ---AV & Spam Filtering by M+Guardian - Risk Free Email (TM)--- > > _______________________________________________ > timekeepers mailing list > [email protected] > https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers > -- Chuck "...and the hordes of M$*ft users descended upon me in their anger, and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose for an OS as *we* do?!!', and I answered...'I use Linux'. " The Book of John, chapter 1, page 1, and end of book _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
