Peter Wemm wrote:

> Set your ppp filters carefully.  Tell it that ntp packets (port 123) are
> not to cause a dialup, and are not to trigger the idle timer.  The result
> of this will be that ntp will sync up while you are online but won't keep
> the connection alive and prevent an idle hangup (assuming you use idle
> timeouts).

ok. I wasn't aware that ntpd would constantly try to sync... I thought
it would just try every few minutes, which might miss a connection. I'll
look at this then, I didn't realise it was so easy. :-)

thanks.
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