RE: ntp synchronisation lost

["Reckhard, Tobias" <tobias.reckhard@secunet.com>]

> I just posted this same question about a week ago actually. I went
> through and checked the order of servers in my ntp.conf and found that
> the first server on the list was down quite often, so I rearranged my
> list of servers. This has cut down on the number of 
> synchronization lost
> messages I've been getting, but has not eliminated them altogether. (I
> now get 4 - 5 per day, I was getting 30 - 60 a day before.)
> Unfortunately, I don't have any sort of a cure-all for the problem.

You could use the 'prefer' keyword with the most reliable server. That would
make ntpd choose that server for synchronisation among a group of more or
less equal servers. But see the NTP documentation and judge for yourself if
it makes sense for you.

Cheers,
Tobias