ntpq -p doesn't work

[Hanry Zhou]

I did everything I am supposed to do, but still "ntpq -p " is not working, and got following. Should not ntpq -p be working?
# ntpq -p
localhost: timed out, nothing received
***Request timed out


We are using "restric" clause on the time-server, so I have already added following on the time-server:
restrict client_ip ntpport nomodify
Should I restart anything on the time-server after I add this clause?

also, already made the appropriate chanegs in /etc/rc.config.d/netdaemons, and also added "server time-server-ip" in /etc/ntp.conf


I don't see any erros when restart "xntpd".

Please help. Thanks!

[David Bellamy]

try ntpq -p

[Hanry Zhou]

I got the same:
ntpq -p time-server-ip
time-server-ip: timed out, nothing received
***Request timed out


I also tried ntpdate -d time-server-ip
and got following:
....
...
19 Jul 19:57:39 ntpdate[3383]: no server suitable for synchronization found

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Hanry:

Perhaps your firewall isn't allowing the request.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Hanry Zhou]

No, they are all inside of the company, there are not any firewalls in between.

[Hanry Zhou]

After I add "server time-server-ip" in /etc/ntp.conf on time server, do I need to restart any daemons?

[Bill Hassell]

ntpq -p IP-ADDRESS always works, regardless of how /etc/ntp.conf is configured, the ntpq program will poll the server specified and if the server is reachable (ie, ping) then it will reply -- unless it has a highly restricted configuration. Don't bother with xntpd, netdaemons and ntp.conf until you can get a response from your ntp server using ntpq -p IP-ADDRESS.

Now it is really important to get your network administrators involved -- for very obscure reasons, some network admins disable port 123 (the ntp port) through routers. You can try ping and traceroute but the only way to truly decipher a network resatriction is to use Wireshark to trace the ntpq query. That will tell you exactly what is happening.

Once fixed, all you'll need is the server line in ntp.conf. The netdaemons file is just used for bootup.