Re: ntpd conf confusion

[Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com>]

PaulNM wrote:
> Hi all,
>  I've recently installed the ntpd on my 24/7 machine so it could serve 
> as a ntp server for my local network.  So far evrything is going fine, 
> but I have run into one possible problem.  I set it to use pool.ntp.org, 
> and according to my router logs, the first few outgoing addresses were 
> indeed that.  Now it seems to be going to one ip address instead, and I 
> can't see why.  I've rechecked the conf files and even restarted ntpd, 
> but to no avail.
>
> Thanks,
>      PaulNM

With pool.ntp.org being a round-robin multiple A-record DNS entry, a lot 
of this depends on how your machnine resolves DNS on multiple requests 
for the same name.

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Nate Duehr, nate@natetech.com