NTP Unreach/Pending

[meschmesch]

Hello,
NTP is not working, status unreach/pending. The log states

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unable to bind to wildcard address :: - another process may be running - EXITING


Any idea to solve the problem?
Thx!!!!

[lilsense]

issues with IPv6?

take a look at your routing and make sure you are able to ping the NTP servers.

[meschmesch]

Ping is possible. Only v4. I currently have a problem with v6. I request a 61 prefix and assign ID0 ID1 etc, but for whatever reason various interfaces get assigned the same v6 subnet?

Could that be the problem?

How to solve?

[lilsense]

61 is no valid. 64 or 56 should be seleted.

[meschmesch]

The 61 prefix is pre programmed by my internet provider and until some time ago everything worked fine. Was there any change regarding that on Opnsense?

[lilsense]

it's not opnsense.

[meschmesch]

Hello, the ipv6 issue is solved. IPv6 works flawlessly now. BUT: NTP does not work yet. The protocol says:

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2023-08-28T17:36:58 Notice ntpd Command line: /usr/local/sbin/ntpd -q -g -c /var/etc/ntpd.conf
2023-08-28T17:36:58 Notice ntpd ntpd 4.2.8p17@1.4004-o Tue Aug 8 02:15:10 UTC 2023 (1): Starting
2023-08-28T17:36:58 Error ntpd unable to bind to wildcard address :: - another process may be running - EXITING
2023-08-28T17:36:58 Informational ntpd initial drift restored to 0.000000
2023-08-28T17:36:58 Informational ntpd gps base set to 2023-07-30 (week 2273)
2023-08-28T17:36:58 Informational ntpd basedate set to 2023-07-27
2023-08-28T17:36:58 Informational ntpd proto: precision = 0.104 usec (-23)

My settings:

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[x]  Quit NTP server immediately after time synchronisation
Interfaces: ALL
Orphan Mode 12
Maxclock 10
[x] Enable Kiss-o'-death packets
[x] Enable Rate limiting
[ ] Deny state modifications (i.e. run time configuration) by ntpq and ntpdc
[ ] Disable ntpq and ntpdc queries
[x] Disable all except ntpq and ntpdc queries
[x] Deny packets that attempt a peer association
[x] Deny mode 6 control message trap service

[lilsense]

try using Chrony package and see if you see the same issue.

[meschmesch]

Chrony works without problems. So? Use Chrony instead??!

[lilsense]

Sure. I do!

[meschmesch]

Can I disable the NTP tool?

Nevertheless it would be interesting to know why it does not work on my machine.

[lilsense]

If you remove all the pools, it will stop ntp service.

[meschmesch]

Works, thank you!

[Patrick M. Hausen]

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[x] Deny packets that attempt a peer association

If you use a "pool" directive and "nopeer" at the same time ntpd cannot work.

[meschmesch]

Makes no difference.

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Unreach/Pending 1.de.pool.ntp.org .POOL.         16 p - 64 0 0.000 +0.000 0.000
Unreach/Pending 192.168.1.1         213.239.234.28 3 u 48m 512 0 1.293 +0.043 0.000