might help to put the IP port number on the address for the broadcast
address, and make sure it is allowed through the firewall? just a guess.
On Monday 30 July 2001 05:35, Roman Rodriguez Perea wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I would like to synchronize several computers to a NTP server in a LAN
> not connected to the internet. My NTP server uses its own
> clock and the NTP clients do not known server's IP. Therefore I need to
> use broadcast or multicast synchronization.
>
> In the server machine, I run xntpd daemon using the following
> /etc/ntp.conf file:
>
> server 127.127.1.0 # local clock
> fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
>
> driftfile /etc/ntp/drift
> broadcast 224.0.1.1
>
> authenticate no
> disable auth
>
> In every client machine, xntpd is running with following /etc/ntp.conf
> file:
>
> driftfile /etc/ntp/drift
> multicastclient 224.0.1.1 # listen on default 224.0.1.1
>
> authenticate no
> disable auth
>
> When I try to start xntpd into client machine I get the following:
>
> Jul 26 13:13:51 roman xntpd[1892]: bind() fd 9, family 2, port 123, addr
> e0000101, in_classd=1 flags=0 fails: Address already in use
> Jul 26 13:13:51 roman xntpd[1892]: ...multicast address 224.0.1.1 using
> wildcard socket
>
> And when I run the ntpq I get the following:
>
> ntpq> peer
> No association ID's returned
>
> I have a Mandrake installation.
> And then the problem is that the computers clients don't synchronize
> with the computer server.
>
> Best regards. Thanks.
>
>
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>
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> | 729 48 44 | Technology Dept. | Isla Graciosa , 1 |
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