Davod. Mea culpa; I didn't mean to blame you. If all you want is to watch antother NTP server or client, just spark up a configuration and set the noselect bit. The problem with SNMP clients is that they fail to deal with the complete set of data types, specifically floating double.
We did a project sevral years ago by implementing an SNMP agent integrated with a NTP mode-6 agent that worked very well. But, I was not in a position to maintain it and there were no other volunteers. Harlan has a project doing that now; he is invited to report progress. Dave David J Taylor wrote: > David L. Mills wrote: > >>David, >> >>Neither does Windows implement the mode-6 protocol nor does it conform >>to the basic protocol. See the reference implementation documentation >>about Windows issues. Also see the alternative workaround in >>ntp_proto.c. >>As the author of rfc1305 I say you misquote me. The mode-6 control and >>monitoring protocol is an integral component of the specification; the >>mode-7 protocol is intended as propietary. In any case the mode-6 >>protocol was defined and implmented well before SNMP. >> >>An NTP MIB has been implemented by some manufacturers and another >>proposed by the NTP working group, but neither is supported by the >>reference implementation. Either MIB might be appropriate for >>management purposes, but for complete monitoring and performance >>evalutation the limitations of current SNMP clients make the mode-6 >>protocol necessary. >>Dave > > > Dave, > > It was Ryan and not I who wrote about mode-6 - I protest my innocence! > > I continue to recommend the reference implementation for Windows use, and > I am grateful to those who continue to make a compiled version available. > > It would be good to see even a limited SNMP capability included in NTP - > for monitoring only, not for control. Offset alone would be enough for > me, although the ability to reproduce the ntpq -p display would be great. > > Cheers, > David > > _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
