Unix Tip: Configuring NTP
Setting up a Unix system to be an NTP client is generally straightforward. On those Unix platforms that include NTP in the default configuration, you may only need to make a few adjustments to NTP's default configuration file for the system to sync up to a reference time server(s) and keep good time. On a Solaris system, for example, this involves copying a prototype file and customizing it. You can insert the names or IP addresses of the time server(s) you have elected to use -- whether public NTP servers or NTP servers that you have set up on your local network -- or configure the system to receive broadcast time updates. Once a system has been configured, the NTP daemon will start whenever the system boots and run continuously in the background.
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multcast versus broadcast NTP client
Greetings,What is needed in the ntp.conf file to tell a client
to listen for a broadcast? (not multicast...)
Thanks!
Jay