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Aninc(tm) technology is Unsatisfactory Software's amazing new invention for FACTS 2.7. It basically allows FACTS to check an alternative local server if a request to the specified one fails - without you even needing to know the address! How it works Aninc(tm) is possible due to the following: * A lot of sites have more than one NTP server, to allow NTP clients to peer with several servers on the same network. * Due to the fact the servers are on the same network, they all have the same domain name and are all guaranteed to be local to each other (ie. one server should respond as quickly as another) * The actual machine names are (obviously) unique. They tend to be numbered or lettered in order. All Aninc does is use the specified server name to generate one which may exist on the same network. For example, if you specify the server: ntp2a.mcc.ac.uk FACTS will try this first, but if it happens to timeout or otherwise fail, Aninc (if enabled) will kick in and try the server: ntp2b.mcc.ac.uk If this works, great. If it also fails, then you haven't lost anything. In fact, unless you happen to be watching the FACTS GUI then you won't even know if Aninc is enabled! The downside of using Aninc is that FACTS will send a second request if the first one fails. This may slow things down slightly. Please note that if your usual server is named clock.*, ntp.*, tick.* or some other generic name then there will probably be no point in activating Aninc. To enable Aninc, select the Settings->On Error->Use Aninc menu item. |
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