[ntp:questions] problem with pool directive?

Rob nomail at example.com
Mon Nov 10 13:09:17 UTC 2014


David Taylor <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> On 10/11/2014 09:43, Rob wrote:
>> I compiled ntp-dev 4.2.7p448 on the CubieBoard2 (ARM processor) and added
>> a "pool pool.ntp.org" line to the config.   It does not work.  Output
>> of ntpq -pn is:
>>
>>   pool.ntp.org    .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.002
>>
>> When I change "pool" to "server" it works OK, but of course it is hardwired
>> to a single server selected at boottime.
>>
>> Is there any known problem with this?
>
> The pool directive works correctly here, but sometimes it can take a 
> little while for the servers below the pool line to appear.  Apologies 
> in advance for the wrap.....
>
>   uk.pool.ntp.org .POOL.          16 p    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000 
>    0.000
> -130.88.200.6    130.88.212.143   3 u  736 1024  377   24.191    2.569 
>   0.886
> -129.215.160.240 129.215.64.32    2 u  490 1024  377   25.375    2.768 
>   0.599
> -178.18.118.14   195.66.241.3     2 u    - 1024  377   19.538    1.891 
>   1.133
> -176.126.242.239 193.62.22.82     2 u  230 1024  277   29.775    9.785 
>   1.745

After about 3 hours, still only the POOL line with zero reach.

Is "pool" supposed to work when you have other (hardwired) servers as well?
I tried to use 2 of my own servers plus a pool directive for redundancy.



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