[ntp:questions] Does an IPV6 address work with NTPD?

jlevine jlevine at boulder.nist.gov
Fri Nov 28 17:29:16 UTC 2014


Dear colleagues:
   The NIST server time-d (ipv4=129.6.15.27, ipv6=2610:20:6f15:15::27) currently receives approximately 400 NTP requests per second. About 30% of these are from ipv6 addresses. The server has been operating for a bit more than 2 years.

Best wishes,

Judah Levine
Time and Frequency Division
NIST Boulder

On Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:10:02 AM UTC-7, Charles Elliott wrote:
> The U.S. Government (NIST) has a new time server (time-d.nist.gov) 
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> whose address is 2610:20:6F15:15::27.  When I put that address into 
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> ntp.conf the Meinberg Time Server Monitor indicates "Unknown clock 
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> type" in the Type column and Reach remains 000.  However, when 
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> 2610:20:6F15:15::27 is pinged the return is "General failure".   
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> (Dr.) Judah Levine, Time and Frequency Division, NIST Boulder, says 
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> 2610:20:6F15:15::27 works as far as he can tell.  So, do IPV6 addresses 
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> result in anything useful when used in NTPD?
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> Charles Elliott



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