[ntp:questions] Does an IPV6 address work with NTPD?

Sander Smeenk ssmeenk at freshdot.net
Fri Nov 28 16:14:52 UTC 2014


Quoting Harlan Stenn (stenn at ntp.org):
> > So, do IPV6 addresses result in anything useful when used in NTPD?
> Works for me:
> stenn at psp-fb1> sntp 2610:20:6F15:15::27
> 27 Nov 22:14:24 sntp[23486]: Started sntp
> 2014-11-27 22:14:24.982440 (+0000) +0.00180 +/- 0.010162 secs
> 
> stenn at psp-fb1> ntpq -p psp2
>      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
> ==============================================================================
>  2001:4f8:fff7:1 149.20.68.1      3 u  373 1024  377    0.341   -0.574

However, do note that 'refid' will not display correct IPv6 addresses.
That might be a tad bit confusing if you don't expect it...

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