[ntp:questions] Re: Why so many dead NTP servers in pool.ntp.org?
Tom Smith
smith at cag.zko.hp.com
Tue Dec 13 04:41:10 UTC 2005
Tapio Sokura wrote:
> Raphae wrote:
>
>> when running the command
>>
>> # ntptrace pool.ntp.org
>>
>>
>> more than half of the servers in the pool seem to be dead. Isn't
>
>
> Are you sure that they are dead, or just not responding to NTP control
> mode (mode 6) packets? Because mode 6 is what ntptrace uses, when the
> actual NTP time queries are sent/received using modes 1-5. All pool
> servers that I just tried did answer to normal time queries (mode 3)
> just fine. Some server operators choose to restrict mode 6 queries, that
> is completely acceptable by the pool rules.
>
> Tapio
Yes. "ntpdate -q [server]" is a better test.
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