[169165] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OpenNTPProject.org
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony Williams)
Mon Feb 17 10:39:43 2014
From: Anthony Williams <alby.williams@verizon.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:38:30 -0500
To: nanog@nanog.org
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Blake:
Just to make sure I've got this down, listing a device as a "peer" in
the ntp.conf file will create a situation where both devices are saying,
"I know what time it is" and splitting the difference? Whereas when you
list a device as a "server", it's using that as the authority on the
correct time?
Example:
--
#
peer 192.168.1.1 iburst
peer 192.168.1.2 iburst
#
server ntp.colby.edu minpoll 6 maxpoll 10 iburst
server bonehed.lcs.mit.edu minpoll 6 maxpoll 10 iburst
On 2/17/2014 10:28 AM, Blake Dunlap wrote:
> Peer means it considers the other side an equal and they will mutually skew
> time together. If you have peer on for devices you don't consider your time
> servers, you're opening yourself up to problems.
>
> -Blake
