[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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