[mythtv-users] Zotac ION + NTP clock too fast?

[David Brodbeck]

Matt W wrote:
> I would go through your ntp.conf file and rip out a lot of the
> 'cruft'.  I still don't understand why so many Linux distros' feel the
> need to put the LOCAL clock as a peer in the stock config.  Rip that
> out if it's there.
>   
I think it's because of what happens if you're using that machine as an 
NTP server as well as a client.  By putting in a LOCAL clock with a 
really high stratum number, if the machine loses its other peers, its 
overall stratum number goes high and other hosts know not rely on it too 
heavily.