[ntp:questions] Trouble with XP IPv6 ntp client (still unable to connect to link local ntp server)

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.org
Sun Aug 8 04:40:31 UTC 2010


On 8/7/2010 12:22 PM, Steve Kostecke wrote:
> On 2010-08-07, Cindy Huyser <chuyser at io.com> wrote:
> 
>> [---=| Quote block shrinked by t-prot: 32 lines snipped |=---]
>>> My configuration file is very simple:
>>>
>>> driftfile       "C:\Windows\Temp\ntp.drift"
>>> broadcastdelay  0.008
> 
> This has nothing to do with your IPv6 issue ... but:
> 
> The broadcastdelay line is only necessary for configurations where a
> broadcast client is not able to calculate the delay during the temporary
> unicast phase of a broadcast association (e.g. over one way links).
> 
> In your case this ntpd is not even configured as a broadcastclient, so
> that line has no effect.
> 
>>> logfile         "C:\Windows\Temp\ntp.log"
>>>
>>> server -6 fe80::290:fbff:fe80:6aff%4 minpoll 4 maxpoll 5 iburst prefer
> 
> Why the "%4" at the end of the address? Can you retry your configuration
> without it?
> 

Yes, you shouldn't be using the scopeid with the IPv6 address, just the
address. I already checked that on Windows XP and it is not causing the
problem, though it doesn't help.

>> After all this, with all due respect I wonder how much testing of this
>> functionality has gone on with Windows XP?
> 
> Such testing would require developer access to a Windows XP machine.

Which Dave Hart and I have. We did most of the work here but I seem to
remember someone else did some too and it may not have been tested
properly at least on Windows.

Steve, does it work for you on Debian Linux?

Danny



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