On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Kipton Moravec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is iburst? It is not listed in the server commands as an option. > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/clockopt.html#server
The "iburst" option is documented here: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/confopt.html#opt Essentialy, iburst tells ntpd to send 8 packets to that particular server at startup, and to synchronize to it really quickly. I believe it is generally not a good idea to use iburst against servers you do not own. In this instance it wouldn't be particularly troublesome, but if you had hundreds of workstations iburst-ing at the same time against someone else's server (after a power outage, or in the morning as people start their workstations at 8 am), it could generate a lot of network traffic. Note that "iburst" and "burst" are different. "burst" should only be used on dial-up connections that synchronize infrequently, as it sends 8 packets on every poll (rather than just at startup). -- RPM _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
