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From: boehme@unvax.union.edu (Eric M. Boehm)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: Proper procedure for setting up ntp?
Summary: The proper courtesy(ies) in setting up ntp?
Keywords: servers clients peers xntp ntp Ultrix
Message-ID: <1991Jan20.232705.9225@unvax.union.edu>
Date: 20 Jan 91 23:27:05 GMT
Organization: Union College, Schenectady, NY
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I have been reading conflicting information about how to set up ntp.
ntp comes with Ultrix 4.1 (on a DECsystem 5000/200). According to the
DEC manuals, I set up our machine as a client of 3 Internet time
servers.

After transferring xntp to our machine and reading the documentation,
I found instructions to set up the machine as a peer of two stratum 1
and one stratum 2 server. Our local machine then becomes a stratum 2
server(?!) I would like to follow the appropriate courtesy and
protocol and get this done right. If this is covered in a monthly FAQ,
I would appreciate it if someone could direct me to the document.

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Eric M. Boehm
boehme@unvax.Union.EDU
BOEHME@UNION.BITNET