[ntp:questions] ntpd keep trying preferred servers?

Rolf Muth rolf.muth at web.de
Wed Sep 7 09:41:32 UTC 2011


Harlan Stenn wrote:

> On 2011-09-06, Rolf Muth <rolf.muth at web.de> wrote:
>>
>> The only problem I encounter, is a wlan access point, that blocks udp.
>> Did you change that, too?
> 
> I must be missing something.  NTP doesn't have anything to do with wlan
> access point policy.

I think it uses udp only, and this summer I had a wlan access point, that
blocked udp (and ssh, too). 
 
> Any recent NTP should detect interface changes and re-check the
> connection.

Ok, but my old xntp-4.2.0a-70.4 does not do that.

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