[ntp:questions] ntpd service doesn't connect to remote servers on Windows XP
David J Taylor
david-taylor at blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk
Thu Apr 2 14:14:12 UTC 2009
David Lord wrote:
> David J Taylor wrote:
>> David Woolley wrote:
>>> Steve Kostecke wrote:
>>>> On 2009-04-01, David J Taylor <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> E:\NTP\bin>ntpq -c as
>>>>>
>>>>> ind assID status conf reach auth condition last_event cnt
>>>>> ===========================================================
>>>>> 1 22554 8000 yes yes none reject
>>>>
>>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>>> E:\NTP\bin>ntpq -c "rv 22554"
>>>>> assID=22554 status=8000 unreach, conf, no events,
>>>>
>>>> ntpd has not been able to exchange packets with this remote time
>>>> server.
>>>
>>> There is something funny here, as the associations output says it is
>>> reachable (which I why I didn't pick up the unreachable on the rv).
>>
>> Folks, it would be most helpful if you could identify the exact
>> conditions under which this might occur. I have been trying to trace
>> this "something funny" for days now!
>
> Software/application firewalls sometimes let enough through before
> blocking so that initial connection has appeared successful.
>
>
> David
David, yes firewall was the first thing I thought of, but he says he's
tried it without. Will get him to run a more thorough debug version...
Thanks,
David
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