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Question: How many clients in a network environment can be synchronized by a LANTIME time server?

Answer: We have successfully tested our LANTIME NTP server with more than 10,000 requests per second.

By default, every NTP client sends maximum one request per 64 seconds, so 10,000 requests per second could serve at least 64*10,000 = 640,000 clients.

Current implementations of NTP increase the polling interval from 64 seconds up to 1024 seconds after time synchronization is stable. Assuming all clients would follow that rule, a LANTIME capable of handling 10,000 requests per second could serve 1,024*10,000 = 10,240,000 clients.

Anyway, if you need to synchronize such a large network, you should not let all client stations contact one LANTIME directly. Instead, it is recommended to set up a hierarchical time synchronisation tree, e.g. servers in the different departments/network segments synchronize to the LANTIME, and the workstations in each department synchronize to their nearest server(s).

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