[ntp:questions] Re: ntpdc version

David L. Mills mills at udel.edu
Wed Jun 1 20:41:58 UTC 2005


Pedro,

A server with a sizeable population generates a rather large number of 
reply packets (70 or more as fast as it can). It is very likely in 
underprovisioned networks that one or more of them could be lost. That 
would lead to exactly the situation you see.

Dave

Pedro Torres wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a server running ntpd version 4.1.74 with IPv6 support.
> 
> When I execute the command below I can see the answer correctly:
> 
> 
>>ntpdc -n -c monlist <MY SERVER>
> 
> ntpdc> version
> ntpdc 4.1.74 at 1.998-r Mon Jun 14 13:17:10 BRT 2004 (2)
> 
> When I execute the same command from another host with ntpdc version 4.2.0 the 
> answer often is:
> 
> ntpdc -n -c monlist  <MY SERVER>
> <AD.DR.ES.S>: timed out with incomplete data
> ***Response from server was incomplete
> ntpdc> version
> ntpdc 4.2.0a at 1:4.2.0a+stable-8-r Sat Mar 19 14:14:16 CET 2005 (1)
> 
> And when I can get an answer that is different from ntpdc 4.1.74 version. (the 
> IPv6 addrress are not showed or different IPv6 address are showed)
> 
> I appreciate any help...
> 
> Sorry my poor english :(
> 



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