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List:       ntp-hackers
Subject:    Re: [ntp:hackers] Broadcast flu
From:       Danny Mayer <mayer () ntp ! isc ! org>
Date:       2005-09-30 3:25:39
Message-ID: 433CB033.1080209 () ntp ! isc ! org
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David L. Mills wrote:
> Danny,
> 
> A little fooling turned up the same problem on Solaris, FreeBSD and 
> Tru64, possibly among others. However, if I put broadcastclient in the 
> configuration file ahead of broadcast, it all seems to work. Is this 
> your intent?
> 

Dave,

No, I just never got around to testing such a configuration. I have a 
feeling that I know what is wrong. I've just been so busy with work that 
I haven't had time to look at it.

I assume that multicast does the same thing?

Danny

> Dave
> 
> Danny Mayer wrote:
> 
>> David L. Mills wrote:
>>
>>> Guys,
>>>
>>> The flu I reported with broadcast on my Alphae has spread to 
>>> Solariba. On lighting up a broadcast server, an attempt to light up a 
>>> broadcast client fails. This is a showstopper; the self-organizing 
>>> capability for a manycast depends on this, as does the ghetto scheme.
>>>
>>> Ghetto scheme? Previously, I mentioned a scheme in which all 
>>> participants broadcast their time to all other participants. All 
>>> participants simply combine what they hear and set the clock 
>>> accordingly. If one or more participants have a reference clock, 
>>> ordinary NTP rules apply. The ghetto rules apply when it dies. Look 
>>> Ma, no local clock driver.
>>>
>>> Anyway, before I could test it broadcast/broadcastclient went dark.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> I'll run some tests on bridgeport, but it may be a day or so. Is it 
>> finding the interface for the broadcastclient? Is this only a problem 
>> for a combination of broadcast client and broadcast server. Is this 
>> also a problem for multicast or did you not check that? I may not have 
>> tested the combination together so it may require additional logic.
>>
>> Dany
>>
>> Danny
> 
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