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

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.