Re: Syntax tweak: hostname@IP-Address

2020-11-12 Thread Hal Murray via devel
> If you want to specify the IP address, just specify the IP address ("server > 1.2.3.4") and don't bother with a hostname. Specifying an IP instead of a > hostname has historically been relatively popular with NTP, especially in > "network devices" (as opposed to "servers"). I'm interested in

Re: Syntax tweak: hostname@IP-Address

2020-11-11 Thread Richard Laager via devel
On 11/11/20 7:07 PM, Hal Murray via devel wrote: > I've been thinking about something like this for a while. The idea is to be > able to specify the IP Address to be used for contacting a NTP or NTS-KE > server. If you want to specify the IP address, just specify the IP address ("server 1.2.3.4

Syntax tweak: hostname@IP-Address

2020-11-11 Thread Hal Murray via devel
I've been thinking about something like this for a while. The idea is to be able to specify the IP Address to be used for contacting a NTP or NTS-KE server. There was discussion on the IETF-NTP list today about how to get NTP started on systems without (or broken) CMOS/TOY clocks whem you ar