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From: H1C5962@ZEUS.TAMU.EDU (Lee Cox)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: Periodic bouts of insanity
Message-ID: <670802963.180000.H1C5962@ZEUS.TAMU.EDU>
Date: 4 Apr 91 22:09:23 GMT
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I am running xntpd on several hosts, one of which I am using as a
stratum 2 server.  Lately, xntpd has started deciding, several times
daily, that every host with which it communicating is insane and starts
the process of synchronizing all over again.  We have been having
broadcast storms on the subnet from unruly PC's and AppleTalkers and I
assume that the clutter on the network is the probable cause.  Has
anyone else run into this problem and, if so, what can I do about it?
While I'm at it, does anyone know the status of NTP version 3 on UNIX
systems?

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