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| author | Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> | 2013-10-23 11:44:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> | 2013-10-23 11:44:14 -0700 |
| commit | bd1764236256b3ecc9f44297dc5466a4f9891867 (patch) | |
| tree | 354cbf6a8501c6eb491043badd56df36b6467275 /www | |
| parent | 416b48b5aaeee1bb85171c3e3bfa11579ec7281f (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-bd1764236256b3ecc9f44297dc5466a4f9891867.tar.gz | |
Tweak the description of ntpd pools. Thanks to Beat Bolli.
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| -rw-r--r-- | www/gpsd-time-service-howto.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/www/gpsd-time-service-howto.txt b/www/gpsd-time-service-howto.txt index 5487ab4d..a618afe4 100644 --- a/www/gpsd-time-service-howto.txt +++ b/www/gpsd-time-service-howto.txt @@ -558,7 +558,8 @@ pool us.pool.ntp.org iburst where "us" may be replaced by one of the zone/country codes the Pool project supports (list behind the "Global" link at <<ZONES>>). The -"iburst" tag expands to four randomly chosen servers. +"pool" tag expands to four randomly chosen servers by default. "iburst" +implements a fast start algorithm that alos weeds out bad servers. Note that a chimer can be a poor performer (what the inventor of NTP whimsically calls a "falseticker") for either of two reasons. It may |