[ntpwg] [dhcwg] NTP option: IP address and/or FQDN
Ted Lemon
Ted.Lemon at nominum.com
Thu Dec 13 13:44:08 UTC 2007
On Dec 13, 2007, at 1:26 AM, anthony.flavin at bt.com wrote:
> Except the name server will only get the request once (assuming it
> resolves to something), Whereas the Hard-coded IP address would be
> getting a request every 64 seconds or so. Much less traffic.
This isn't actually true - because it's a DHCP server's configuration
that we're worried about, it's entirely possible that every device
that gets an address from it will individually query the name server.
Having said that, I can't dispute your conclusion.
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