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Article #746xntpd selecting strange hosts to peer with
From: Philip Gladstone
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1991 20:44
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1991 20:44
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I find that my xntpd sometimes picks 'strange' hosts to peer with. For
example:
remote refid st when poll reach delay offset disp
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.127.127.8.0 .MSF. 0 34 64 376 11.8 0.11 1.0
.BITSY.MIT.EDU .WWV. 1 23 128 357 497.8 9.12 31.4
umd1.umd.edu .WWVB. 1 277 1024 377 629.9 29.86 118.1
*dcn1.udel.edu .ATOM. 1 23 64 377 635.3 -25.47 83.7
otc1.psu.edu .WWV. 1 158 1024 377 660.4 18.04 152.1
.pmax6.osf.org .WWV. 1 588 1024 376 647.3 -90.55 43.7
.beeblebrox .MSF. 1 758 1024 377 25.1 1.95 0.6
127.127.1.4 127.127.1.1 4 37 64 377 5000.0 0.00 0.0
Is there an easy way to discover *why* it picked dcn1 rather than the
local radio clock or the local host 'beeblebrox'?
Philip
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Philip Gladstone Dev Lab Europe, Data General, Cambridge, UK
Listen three eyes, don't you try and outweird me, I get
stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!dg-rtp!bigben!bigben!philip From: philip@beeblebrox.dle.dg.com (Philip Gladstone) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp Subject: xntpd selecting strange hosts to peer with Message-ID: <PHILIP.91Apr22164410@beeblebrox.dle.dg.com> Date: 22 Apr 91 20:44:09 GMT Sender: usenet@dle.dg.com (Net News) Distribution: comp Organization: Data General, Development Lab Europe Lines: 24