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Thanks I know it is not the right way. I just ran into IE Lab and they did one peer statement on one of the routers and that made me puzzeled.
From: swm@emanon.comTo: mike.haddad@hotmail.com; rik@guyler.net; smorris@ipexpert.com; ccielab@groupstudy.comSubject: RE: NTP Peer vs NTP ServerDate: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:36:43 -0400

If you do peer, both sides need it. That’s NOT the recommended way to do things though!
From: Mike Haddad [mailto:mike.haddad@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:30 PMTo: Scott Morris; ‘Rik Guyler’; ‘Scott Morris’; ccielab@groupstudy.comSubject: RE: NTP Peer vs NTP Server Hello, THanks for the clarification. When we have the below situation shall we configure both sides as peer to each others or it is enough to set it on one? Thanks,> From: swm@emanon.com> To: rik@guyler.net; smorris@ipexpert.com; mike.haddad@hotmail.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com> Subject: RE: NTP Peer vs NTP Server> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:04:49 -0400> > Yup, that would be correct. That why, when you have one peer reset and it’s> clock is 1993 or 2000 for a year, it takes a REALLY long time to sync up,> and screws everyone else up in the process! > > —–Original Message—–> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Rik> Guyler> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 7:41 PM> To: ‘Scott Morris’; ‘Mike Haddad’; ccielab@groupstudy.com> Subject: RE: NTP Peer vs NTP Server> > So they’ll eventually agree on a time more or less in the middle? One would> eventually jump ahead (in 2 minute increments max) and the other would jump> back 30 minutes or so?> > Rik > > —–Original Message—–> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of> Scott Morris> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 1:18 PM> To: ‘Mike Haddad’; ccielab@groupstudy.com> Subject: RE: NTP Peer vs NTP Server> > With peers, nobody has authoritative time. That means, you might think it’s> 1pm and I may think it’s 2pm, but we have no idea who is right so BOTH of us> will adjust our time (max of 2 minutes each jump) until we finally> compromise.> > With client/server, the server actually has the authority, so clients will> jump their time no matter how far off it is.> > HTH,> > > > Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE-M> #153, JNCIS-ER, CISSP, et al.> CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-ER> VP - Technical Training - IPexpert, Inc.> IPexpert Sr. Technical Instructor> > smorris@ipexpert.com> > > > Telephone: +1.810.326.1444> Fax: +1.810.454.0130> http://www.ipexpert.com> > > > > > —–Original Message—–> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Mike> Haddad> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:53 PM> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com> Subject: RE: NTP Peer vs NTP Server> > Hello,> > Anybody have an answer for my below question?> > Thanks,> > > > From: mike.haddad@hotmail.comTo: ccielab@groupstudy.comSubject: NTP Peer vs> NTP ServerDate: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:43:47 -0700> > > Hello, I went through the documentation to identify what is the difference> between NTP server and NTP peer statements. The only difference I could> find is that ntp peer allows both hosts to sync with each others while ntp> server> allows the host only to sync with the time server. THe question is when> should i use the peer and when should I use the server when the question> specifies to sync with BB1? Thanks for the calrification, Regards,> > Is your lingo strong enough to ace these new word puzzles from Live Search> Games? Click here to test your vocab!> _________________________________________________________________> This Valentine’s Day, get creative and show your sweetheart how much you> care with flair! Find fun date ideas here!> http://g.msn.ca/ca55/224> >