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.