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From: beh@bass.bu.edu (Bruce E. Howells)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: ntp -v load on server
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Date: 27 Jan 91 00:20:17 GMT
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Planning to put a ntp -v [localserver] call in an alias - more as a "what
is the REAL time" sort of thing than any practical purpose.

Our local ntp server is pretty heavily loaded, as it's the mail and news
gate for all of *.bu.edu as well.

My question is how much load does a ntp -v call place on a server?  Am I
forcing a resync, or does it just spit a packet back at me?

Thanks-
Bruce Howells,  beh@bass.bu.edu