Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:53 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTP Client synchronization with a Windows 2003/2008 Message-ID: <20091013120053.1fffc868@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <2345d18f0910130813j6a2bbde0sec59647f44d43585@mail.gmail.com> References: <2345d18f0910130813j6a2bbde0sec59647f44d43585@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:13:16 +0200 Jacques Henry (caramba696@googlemail.com) replied: >Hello, > >I am using a System based on FreeBSD 6.3. >On this System an automatically generated ntpd.conf file is generated >in order to synchronize the System clock with a NTP Server. I want to >use a Windows 2003 or 2008 Server to act as the NTP Server. On the >Windows System the NTP Server (Windows Time Service) is *correctly* >running. The thing is that even if there are NTP traffic between the >client and the Server (NTP Client and Server IP packet), My FreeBSD is >not synchronizing at all: > >freebsd-client>ntpq -p 127.0.0.1 > remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset >jitter >======================================================= > NTP_server 192.168.10.6 2 u 103 1024 1 1.037 -587367 >0.002 > > >As you can see the offset is huge and never decreases as in a normal >way... > >My ntpd.conf file looks like: >----------- ># File is automatically generated ># Do not edit >tinker panic 1 >tinker step 1 > ># ntp servers list >server 172.30.1.5 > ># files informations >driftfile /etc/ntp.drift > ># restriction informations >restrict default ignore # do not allow request by default >restrict 127.0.0.1 # allow localhost for debugging >restrict 172.30.1.5 nomodify >------------ > >my ntp.drift file >------------ >-101.101 >------------ > >I know that maybe the Microsoft NTP/SNTP implementation is not >RFC-compliant, but is there a way to configure my NTP client in a more >"compatible" (less strict) way to adjust its time with a Windows >Server? You might want to check out these two URL's for starters: http://lists.ntp.isc.org/pipermail/questions/2007-January/012469.html http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms884917.aspx -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com My folks didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.
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