22.16.9. Adding a Multicast Client Address
To add a multicast client address, that is to say, to configure a multicast address to be monitored for multicast
NTP
packets, make use of the multicastclient
command in the ntp.conf
file.
The
multicastclient
command takes the following form:
multicastclient
address
Enables the receiving of multicast messages. Where address is the address to subscribe to. This should be used together with authentication to prevent service disruption.
This command configures a system to act as an
NTP
client. Systems can be both client and server at the same time.