14.17.10. Configuring the Burst Option
Using the burst
option against a public server is considered abuse. Do not use this option with public NTP
servers. Use it only for applications within your own organization.
To increase the average quality of time offset statistics, add the following option to the end of a server command:
burst
At every poll interval, send a burst of eight packets instead of one, when the server is responding. For use with the server
command to improve the average quality of the time offset calculations.