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Re: ntp problems



Hi,

On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 08:46:13PM +0200, Carlos L.M. wrote:

> I have tried to configure my alpha station as a time server for my
> network. My ntp.conf is :
> 
> server  127.127.1.1
> 
> But daemon.log returns:
> 
> Sep 20 20:46:35 fennica ntpd[1165]: attempt to configure invalid
> address 127.127.1.1
> 
> And my workstations can´t synchronize time. What is wrong ???.

Keep in mind that all of 127.0.0.0/8 is the loopback network. Any packet
sent on it is immediately received from it as well. ntp may not like
that.

In short: choose a more sensible network address (and please read RFC
1918 before choosing a random one!).

Cheers,


Emile.

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