On 2013-06-17, David Taylor <david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> another document I've seen suggests setting: > > server 127.127.28.1 minpoll 1 prefer > > and yet in the ntpq -p billboard the poll is shown as 8 seconds. > Loopstats are reported at 8 second intervals, and the poll interval is > shown as 3 (i.e. 8 seconds). grepping the source tree is very informative... According to ./ntpd/ntp_peer.c: /* * It is an error to set minpoll less than NTP_MINPOLL or to * set maxpoll greater than NTP_MAXPOLL. However, minpoll is * clamped not greater than NTP_MAXPOLL and maxpoll is clamped * not less than NTP_MINPOLL without complaint. Finally, * minpoll is clamped not greater than maxpoll. */ And in ./include/ntp.h we find: :#define NTP_MINPOLL 3 /* log2 min poll interval (8 s) */ -- Steve Kostecke <koste...@ntp.org> NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/ _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
