[ntp:questions] Re: Error returned from NTPTRACE 4.2
Ronan Flood
ronan at noc.ulcc.ac.uk
Thu Apr 27 16:51:55 UTC 2006
"Conan" <conan at nortel.com> wrote:
> We have 3 internal GPS time sources; CA, US & Europe. The North American
> units are both Spectracom , EU is very old TrueTime. I'm seeing error
> "***Request timed out" when our latest Solaris & Linux desktops try to run
> NTPTRACE ver4.2 against either Spectrocom.
>
> # ntptrace
> localhost: stratum 3, offset -0.000148, root distance 0.002669
> zcars0vs: stratum 2, offset 0.000222, root distance 0.002522
> 47.129.242.109: timed out, nothing received
> ***Request timed out
>
> Seems odd that NTPTRACE is returning the IP, since all ntp.conf references
> use DNS aliases.
ntptrace doesn't use ntp.conf, it reads the IP addresses from the
NTP packets it gets from the servers, then does a reverse lookup
to translate them back to names -- unless you use "ntptrace -n".
> If I query the time sources directly, same error:
>
> # ntptrace sputnik-1.ca.nortel.com
> zcarh00x.ca.nortel.com: timed out, nothing received
> ***Request timed out
>
> # ntptrace sputnik-2.us.nortel.com
> zsclyntp.us.nortel.com: timed out, nothing received
> ***Request timed out
>
> # ntptrace sputnik-3.europe.nortel.com
> sputnik-3.europe.nortel.com: stratum 1, offset 0.000007, root distance
> 0.000000, refid 'GPS'
What happens if you try "ntpq -n -c rv sputnik-1.ca.nortel.com" ?
> I've confirmed all the time sources are working properly, in fact the
> clinets have no problem syncing with any of them.
> # ntpq -c pe
> remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset
> jitter
> ==============================================================================
> +zcarh00x .GPS. 1 u 49 256 17 1.906 -0.390
> 0.278
> *zsclyntp .GPS. 1 u 43 64 37 103.143 -0.719
> 0.535
> +whars09p .GPS. 1 u 45 256 17 95.408 -0.084
> 0.657
>
>
> Its not a routing or DNS mis-config. I've confirmed NTPTRACE 4.1.1 works
> properly with same ntp.conf.
>
> Has anyone else seen this problem? Suggested solutions?
ntptrace in 4.1.1 is a C program that makes NTP time requests.
ntptrace in 4.2.0 is a Perl script that uses ntpq to read information.
I'd guess your Spectracoms are configured with "restrict default noquery".
--
Ronan Flood <R.Flood at noc.ulcc.ac.uk>
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Network Services, University of London Computer Centre
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