detha <de...@foad.co.za> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 21:45:22 +0000, Rob wrote: > > [...] > >> I can ping it as much as I like, no loss: 1571 packets transmitted, 1571 >> received, 0% packet loss, time 20468ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = >> 0.702/0.845/1.168/0.090 ms >> >> But when ntpd is allowed to climb to 1024-second polls, it gets almost no >> replies. > > Simple way to test if the problem could be ARP-related: set ntp for 1024 > poll, and keep a ping running. The ping will keep the ARP caches (and > anything else in the path) fresh.
Yes, but that is not a test if the problem could be ARP-related. It is apparent that the problem does not occur when the link is busy, but I still don't know the cause. It may also be some power-saving mechanism, for example. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions