[ntp:questions] Under which circumstances a reply comes 126 seconds later?

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.isc.org
Wed Mar 5 12:58:06 UTC 2008


Jos van de Ven wrote:
> I picked up this packet:
> 
> Client, Leap indicator:  (0), Stratum 2, poll 7s, precision -19
>         Root Delay: 0.008636, Root dispersion: 0.008285, Reference-ID: 
> 192.87.106.3
>           Reference Timestamp:  3413695597.398913090 (2008/03/05 09:46:37)
>           Originator Timestamp: 3413695639.406220430 (2008/03/05 09:47:19)
>           Receive Timestamp:    3413695639.422517702 (2008/03/05 09:47:19)
>           Transmit Timestamp:   3413695766.390876860 (2008/03/05 09:49:26)
>             Originator - Receive Timestamp:  +0.016297271
>             Originator - Transmit Timestamp: +126.984656429
> 
> Why does my server reply so late? (if I understand well)
> I have "limited" in ntp.conf, could that be the cause?
> 
> Jos van de Ven 

NTP never delays sending replies unless something is preventing it from 
running. I have never heard of a "limited" option in ntp.conf. What 
version of ntp are you running, on what platform, what does your 
ntp.conf look like and what else could be prempting ntp?

Danny



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