Dave Hart wrote: [] >> Thats doesn't seem to happen with my FreeBSD system, if I am >> understanding you correctly. Admittedly I have ntpd 4.2.0-a, but all >> servers have a 64s polls even though there is no minpoll or maxpoll >> specified. > > I'm not sure how long ago the change happened, but it appears you have > the old code in this respect. I do see the new behavior on 4.2.4p6, > which can be described as minpoll on a refclock is used as maxpoll for > it only, letting maxpoll for other peers go up. > > When Dr. Mills first announced the change allowing the other peers' > intervals to go up with a refclock configuration, I believe he > observed a benefit from the mixed poll intervals, but he was thinking > at least two levels above my pay grade and the reasoning didn't > stick. I can't find the message to refer to right now, but I'll try > again later. > > Cheers, > Dave Hart
Thanks, Dave. Yes, that version was installed, and has sat there ever since and just worked. I do zero system maintenance on that PC, just switch it off and on when I know the power will be going down. So it's old, and not as well behaved as today's versions. I keep meaning to get the book by Dr. Mills - I have it on my Amazon gift list - but I'm not sure how much of it I would understand! Cheers, David _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions