On Wednesday 07 June 2017 09:27:19 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 05:56:59AM -0700, ray wrote: > > The latest Debian doc says to start the line with 'server'. > > The latest Debian implementation starts the line with 'pool'. > > > > Are these interchangeable? > > > > Additionally, there is a parameter 'iburst' which I did not find in > > the Debian docs but found at http://doc.ntp.org/4.1.1/confopt.htm > > For whatever it's worth, "iburst" is in ntp.conf(5) but "pool" is not.
pool is normally a round robin server setup where any machine in the "pool" of machines can answer the query. Its part of the net address, not a keyword to ntp(date). If you ping -c1 pool.ntp.org, you'll see the machines address that answered that ping, but you may not get a reply from that same machine the next time you ping it. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
