Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:32:06 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ntpd just sits there and does nothing Message-ID: <D06F0E19-AC3E-45DC-82DA-443B59863D4F@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <469F9A85.4090209@gmx.de> References: <469F9A85.4090209@gmx.de>
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On Jul 19, 2007, at 10:08, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: > As the subject says, on my 6-stable systems ntpd just sits there > and does > nothing. The logs only mention when the daemon gets started or shut > down. It > complains when servers are not reachable, but does nothing when > they are available. > > The drift file always contains 0.00. > > ntpdate and openntpd both successfully manage to set the time, so I > suppose > it's a problem with ntpd. Are you on a static IP address? If not, ntpd obtains its IP address when it starts up and uses it forever. If your IP address changes then it will not be able to communicate with the upstream ntp servers. It has to be restarted everytime your IP address changes.
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