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TCP/IP NTP, minpoll and maxpoll?

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The Question is:

 
UCX$NTP is polling the time server about once per second, which is an
unacceptable level of network traffic for us. Ala the Unix version of NTP
I've tried to restrict the polls to once per hour by inserting the MAXPOLL
keyword into the UCX$NTP.CONF, but t
o no avail. The UCX$NTP.LOG indicates that MAXPOLL is unrecognized. Is this
in fact the case, and if so how does one modify the polling interval? Thanks
in advance.
 
 

The Answer is :

 
  minpoll and maxpoll are available in TCP/IP Services V5.0 and later.
 
  minpoll specifies the minimum polling interval for NTP messages, in
  seconds raised to the power of two.  The allowable range is 4 (16
  seconds) to 14 (16384 seconds), inclusive.  The default is 6 (64
  seconds)
 
  maxpoll specifies the maximum polling interval, in seconds raised to
  the power of two, for NTP messages.  The allowable range is 4 (16
  seconds) to 14 (16384 seconds) inclusive.  The default value is 10
  (1024 seconds).

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 10-MAY-1999 )
     
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