In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The nominated servers don't actually 'set the time'. ntpd polls those I was using the term loosely, in the way that the questioner seemed to be thinking. > servers and chooses one as the best time source. If we are being precise, although it identifies one server, it actually uses all the good servers to get the instantaneous estimate of the time. It weights them by reciprocal synchronisation distance, in V4.2.0 (ntpd/ntp_proto.c: clock_combine). Then, of course, it low pass filters the result. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
