[ntp:questions] Re: Stratum 0 - no server suitable for synchronization found

David Woolley david at djwhome.demon.co.uk
Mon Sep 18 17:49:19 UTC 2006


In article <z92dnQuwCvDUeJPYnZ2dnUVZ_rqdnZ2d at comcast.com>,
Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Marcos Onisto wrote:
> 
> > 10.24.8.12      .DROP.          16 u  204   64    0    0.000    0.000  4000.00
> > host18          .WWVB.           1 u  965 1024    0    0.000    0.000  4000.00
> > host19          .INIT.          16 u  974 1024    0    0.000    0.000  4000.00

> This client has been unable to reach any server for 204 minutes.  The 
> last two servers have been unreachable for 965 and 974 minutes 
> respectively!!!  I won't attempt to guess why.

It doesn't say that at all.  The 204, 965 and 974 are in seconds, and the
latter two are perfectly reasonable.  What is not reasonable is that none
of these sources have been successfully polled on the last 8 attempts.

I'm not sure what .DROP. means; I wonder if trying to say do not use
this server.  I think a check on the rules of engagement is called for,
even though this is on a private IP address range.

host18 has been successfully polled at some time, at least to get its
stratum and reference ID.  host19 has never been contacted.  The root
dispersion for host18 will be well above the maximum allowed.

I presume host18 is the server machine which hasn't been updated for
20 days.




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