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= Miscellaneous Commands and Options
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== Commands and Options
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// A subset of the tos options is described on the ntp.conf manual page.
// If you change this, be very sure to keep that synchronized.
[[tos]]
+tos+ [+ceiling+ 'ceiling' | +floor+ 'floor' | +maxclock+ 'maxclock' | +maxdist+ 'maxdist' | +minclock+ 'minclock' | +mindist+ 'mindist' | +minsane+ 'minsane' | +orphan+ 'stratum' | +orphanwait+ 'delay']::
This command alters certain system variables used by the clock
selection and clustering algorithms. The default values of these
variables have been carefully optimized for a wide range of network
speeds and reliability expectations. Very rarely is it necessary to
change the default values; but, some folks can't resist twisting the
knobs. It can be used to select the quality and quantity of peers used
to synchronize the system clock and is most useful in dynamic server
discovery schemes. The options are as follows:
+ceiling+ 'ceiling';;
Specify the maximum stratum (exclusive) for acceptable server
packets. The default is 16. See the link:discover.html[Automatic
Server Discovery] page for further details.
+floor+ 'floor';;
Specify the minimum stratum (inclusive) for acceptable server
packets. The default is 1. See the link:discover.html[Automatic
Server Discovery] page for further details.
+maxclock+ 'maxclock';;
Specify the maximum number of servers retained by the server
discovery schemes. The default is 10, which should typically be changed.
This should be an odd number (to most effectively outvote
link:ntpspeak.html[falsetickers]) typically two or three more than
+minclock+, plus the number of +pool+ entries. The pool entries
must be added as +maxclock+, but not +minclock+, also counts the +pool+
entries themselves. For example, +tos maxclock 11+ with four +pool+ lines
would keep 7 associations. See the link:discover.html[Automatic Server
Discovery] page for further details.
+maxdist+ 'maxdistance';;
Specify the synchronization distance threshold used by the clock
selection algorithm. The default is 1.5 s. This determines both the
minimum number of packets to set the system clock and the maximum
roundtrip delay. It can be decreased to improve reliability or
increased to synchronize clocks on the Moon or planets.
+maxdisp+ 'maxdispersion';;
Specify the maximum dispersion used by the clock synchronization
algorithm. The default is 16 s. This is also the dispersion
assigned to missing data. See RFC 5905 for discussion.
+minclock+ 'minclock';;
Specify the number of servers used by the clustering algorithm as
the minimum to include on the candidate list. The default is 3. This
is also the number of servers to be averaged by the combining
algorithm.
+mindist+ 'mindistance';;
Specify the minimum distance used by the selection and anticlockhop
algorithm. Larger values increase the tolerance for outliers;
smaller values increase the selectivity. The default is .001 s. In
some cases, such as reference clocks with high jitter and a PPS
signal, it is useful to increase the value to insure the
intersection interval is always nonempty.
+minsane+ 'minsane';;
Specify the number of servers used by the selection algorithm as the
minimum to set the system clock. The default is 1 for legacy
purposes; however, for critical applications the value should be
somewhat higher (e.g. 3) but less than +minclock+.
+orphan+ 'stratum';;
Specify the orphan stratum with default 16. If less than 16 this is
the stratum assumed by the root servers. See the
link:orphan.html[Orphan Mode] page for further details.
+orphanwait+ 'delay';;
Specify the delay in seconds from the time all sources are lost
until orphan parent mode is enabled with default 300 s (five
minutes). During this period, the local clock driver and the modem
driver are not selectable, unless marked with the +prefer+ keyword.
This allows time for one or more primary sources to become reachable
and selectable before using backup sources, and avoids transient use
of the backup sources at startup.
+dscp+ 'dscp'::
This command specifies the Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)
value that is used in sent NTP packets. The default value is 46 for
Expedited Forwarding (EF).
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