Well, while playing I found that if you use the ntpdc 'addserver' command and place a integer in place of the 'prefer' option it uses that as the minpoll value. If you enter an incorrect integer it spits out that you've used an invalid minpoll value. I didn't see this minpoll argument documented anywhere and haven't been successful finding a way to edit the maxpoll.
>What problem are you trying to solve by adjusting Minpoll and/or Maxpoll? I'm not the end user, so I don't have a good answer for that, expect for saying the customer is always right :-) Kevin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard B. Gilbert Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ntp:questions] Re: Setting maxpoll interval with 'ntpdc' Kevin Golder wrote: >I just have a question about the ntpdc utility. I can add and delete >servers fine using ntpdc, but how do I edit their minpoll and maxpoll >settings? > >Thanks for any help, >Kevin >_______________________________________________ >questions mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions > > > What problem are you trying to solve by adjusting Minpoll and/or Maxpoll? I don't believe you can, or should do this. Ntpd selects the poll interval within the range specified by the default values for Minpoll and Maxpoll. The defaults are correct for most circumstances. The only exception that occurs to me is a dial-up connection to a server; such servers are polled much less often than broadband connections. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
