NTP setup

[Norman Dignard]

On my server I setup my ntp.conf file for broadcasting on 3 subnets with the entries
broadcast
broadcast
etc.

On my client and this is were its a little confusing due to inconsistencies in man pages, user docs, etc.. I want my clients to get the time from the servers network broadcast.
With the client ntp.conf set to
server
broadcastclient yes

I get return values running ntpq -p. In this setup does the client get time from the server or the broadcast address?

If the cleint ntp.conf is set (per xntpd man page)
broadcastclient
and no other values, ntpq -p does not show a connection. The same story goes if the ntp.-conf only configured with :
broadcastclient yes
or
broadcast
broadcastclient yes.

So what should it be?
Norm Dignar

[S.K. Chan]

This thread might explain it ..

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xb158af48a9e5d5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

[Frederic Sevestre]

Hi,

Have a look there :
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/html/

A lot of interristing things about NTP.

Fr??d??ric

[S.K. Chan]

Sorry, one more
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x130acb60e503d6118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html