Tapio Sokura wrote: > Raphae wrote: > >> when running the command >> >> # ntptrace pool.ntp.org >> >> >> more than half of the servers in the pool seem to be dead. Isn't > > > Are you sure that they are dead, or just not responding to NTP control > mode (mode 6) packets? Because mode 6 is what ntptrace uses, when the > actual NTP time queries are sent/received using modes 1-5. All pool > servers that I just tried did answer to normal time queries (mode 3) > just fine. Some server operators choose to restrict mode 6 queries, that > is completely acceptable by the pool rules. > > Tapio
I wasn't aware that it was using mode 6 NTP packets. It may be worth while changing ntptrace to use normal mode 3/4 packets. Danny _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
