Hi Danny, Thanks for your valuable reply. Please see my comments/observations inlined
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Danny Mayer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/30/2011 3:50 AM, rakesh v wrote: > > Hi, > > Iam facing issues with ntp broadcast <ip address> in case of IPv6. > > Iam using the latest ntp 4.26p3 package. > > Can I have a use case scenario for ntp broadcast in IPv6? > > As I see in the documentation, we can have only multicast addresses in > IPv6. > > Where did you see that? It's not true, multicast also works with IPv4. > *RV: Iam not saying multicast does not work with IPv4. I was saying for IPv6, we can give only multicast addresses as part of broadcast command. * > > > > Here are my configurations: > > Client side: > > > > *# Created by IMI. /etc/ntp.conf* > > *authenticate yes* > > * > > What is this? I don't recall such an option. > *RV: This is to enable authentication.* *However in my case, I was trying without authentication. * > > > * > > *# Broadcastclient mode. * > > *disable auth * > > *#broadcastclient* > > * > > * > > *multicastclient ff02::101* > > * > > * > > *# Drift file* > > *driftfile /etc/ntp/drift* > > * > > * > > *# Keys file. * > > *keys /etc/ntp/keys* > > *#trustedkey 100* > > > > > > Server Side: > > > > *# Created by IMI. /etc/ntp.conf* > > *server 127.127.1.0 #Local clock* > > *fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 2 #Not disciplined* > > * > > * > > *broadcast ff02::101 iburst* > > iburst is invalid. > *RV: Yes, It is invalid, because it doesn't send burst of packets in case of broadcast. It was a misconfiguration.* > > > *#authenticate yes* > > * > > * > > *# Drift file* > > *driftfile /etc/ntp/drift* > > * > > * > > *# Keys file. * > > *keys /etc/ntp/keys* > > *#trustedkey 100* > > > > Iam able to see the broadcast packets being received in the client but > time > > synchronization does not happen in the client. > > I have even enabled the authentication on both the sides also. But no > use. > > Can somebody help me out from this? > > run ntpd -D2 and see what the output looks like. > *RV: I couldn't run the ntpd with -D2 option as it is not available.* *These are the options available for ntpd (alphabetically)* *-b no bcastsync Allow us to sync to broadcast servers* *-c Str configfile configuration file name* *-f Str driftfile frequency drift file name* *Are you mentioning about -b option here? How to give that option?* > Danny > _______________________________________________ > questions mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions > -- Regs, Rakesh Vanam +91 9900 024 002 _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
