Re: ntp and 0.0.0.0 address
I am far from being an expert. However, if it worse something then I think
your config file is bad. What is the NTP server you are trying to connect to?
Maybe you should email /etc/ntp.conf to the list?
> Hello All,
>
> I cannot get ntp to work on my computer.
>
> In the past, with previous versions, there have been no problems - it
> just works!
>
> I think there is a bug in ntp somewhere (it has 0.0.0.0
> on the brain), but the maintainer seems to disagree.
>
> I submitted bug 56551 which has now been closed again.
> For more details, please look at that bug report.
>
> He suggested I ask on debian-user, which is exactly what
> I am doing.
>
> Here are some of the symptons:
>
> snoopy# ntptrace
> localhost: stratum 16, offset 0.000160, synch distance 0.69316
> 0.0.0.0: *Timeout*
>
> 0.0.0.0??????? Why?
>
> snoopy# ntptrace -d
> localhost: DoTransmit(127.0.0.1)
> DoTransmit to 127.0.0.1
> ReceiveBuf(127.0.0.1, 127.0.0.1)
> stratum 16, offset -0.000092, synch distance 0.70863
> 0.0.0.0: DoTransmit(0.0.0.0)
> DoTransmit to 0.0.0.0
> ReceiveBuf(0.0.0.0, 127.0.0.1)
> receive: wrong server
> DoTransmit(0.0.0.0)
> DoTransmit to 0.0.0.0
> ReceiveBuf(0.0.0.0, 127.0.0.1)
> receive: wrong server
> [...]
> receive: wrong server
> *Timeout*
>
> tcpdump also reports:
> [...]
> 09:33:12.013686 localhost.1069 > localhost.domain: 30406+ PTR? 0.0.0.0.in-addr.arpa. (38) (ttl 64, id 5249)
> 09:33:12.013686 localhost.1069 > localhost.domain: 30406+ PTR? 0.0.0.0.in-addr.arpa. (38) (ttl 64, id 5249)
> 09:33:12.023686 localhost.domain > localhost.1069: 30406 NXDomain* q: 0.0.0.0.in-addr.arpa. 0/1/0 (102) (ttl 64, id 5250)
> 09:33:12.023686 localhost.domain > localhost.1069: 30406 NXDomain* q: 0.0.0.0.in-addr.arpa. 0/1/0 (102) (ttl 64, id 5250)
> [...]
>
> looks wrong to me.
>
> Also, ntpdate and ntpd often cannot get a response from the server
> (this seems a bit unpredicatable). Other people have been using the
> same server fine, so I am guessing it is related to these problems
> here.
>
>
> Later: when first running ntpd I get this from tcpdump:
>
> tcpdump: listening on ppp0
> 09:54:35.433686 202.12.87.129.ntp > 203.12.236.9.ntp: v4 client strat 0 poll 6 prec -17
> 09:54:35.603686 203.12.236.9.ntp > 202.12.87.129.ntp: v4 server strat 2 poll 6 prec -19
> 09:54:35.603686 202.12.87.129 > 203.12.236.9: icmp: 202.12.87.129 udp port ntp unreachable [tos 0xc0]
>
> What is going on? ntpd not even listening for the reply? No wonder it
> didn't receive it...
>
> Any ideas?
> --
> Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>
>
>
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