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    23.09 Local NTP server "unrechable" (worked with 23.05.1)

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Nothing I'm aware of. Is pfSense avble to reach that device genarally, ping it?

      Do you see responses coming back to pfSense if you pcap for it or check the state?

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        conover @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 said in 23.09 Local NTP server "unrechable" (worked with 23.05.1):

        Nothing I'm aware of. Is pfSense avble to reach that device genarally, ping it?

        Do you see responses coming back to pfSense if you pcap for it or check the state?

        Yes it's pingable and pfSense gets back a (reasonable) response, see post above

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @conover
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          @conover said in 23.09 Local NTP server "unrechable" (worked with 23.05.1):

          Leap indicator: clock unsynchronized

          Well that is saying the clock is not synchronized, so yeah don't think pfsense would consider that a valid time source to sync too.

          edit: oh that was your client.. Doh.. let me look a bit closer.. your getting zero for reach?

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Sorry left the reply open too long. 🤦

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              conover @johnpoz
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              @johnpoz said in 23.09 Local NTP server "unrechable" (worked with 23.05.1):

              @conover said in 23.09 Local NTP server "unrechable" (worked with 23.05.1):

              Leap indicator: clock unsynchronized

              Well that is saying the clock is not synchronized, so yeah don't think pfsense would consider that a valid time source to sync too.

              Thanks, but the "clock unsynchronized" message is part of the packet from pfSense (.254) to the NTP server (.218)?

              192.168.168.254.123 > 192.168.168.218.123: [udp sum ok] NTPv4, Client, length 48
              Leap indicator: clock unsynchronized (192), Stratum 0 (unspecified), poll 6 (64s), precision -23
                  [...]
              

              The answer is

              192.168.168.218.123 > 192.168.168.254.123: [udp sum ok] NTPv4, Server, length 48
              Leap indicator:  (0), Stratum 1 (primary reference), poll 0 (1s), precision -18
                  [...]
              

              Or am I totally wrong?

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @conover
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                @conover yeah I caught that was the client - see my edit ;)

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                  conover @johnpoz
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                  @johnpoz said in 23.09 Local NTP server "unrechable" (worked with 23.05.1):

                  edit: oh that was your client.. Doh.. let me look a bit closer.. your getting zero for reach?

                  yes,
                  "Status / NTP" says Reach 0 for that NTP server (.218),
                  RefID is ".INIT."

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                    conover @conover
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                    Interesting, explicitly using ntpdate works with that NTP server:

                    Bildschirmfoto 2023-11-17 um 20.40.22.png

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @conover
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                      @conover do you have it set as peer vs server? I can duplicate your issue if set mine to peer vs server

                      peer.jpg

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                        conover @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz Thanks! It was set to server in 23.05 config and it is unchanged. But out of curiosity I also tried "peer" with no change.

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @conover
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                          @conover so you flipped it to peer, and then you flipped it back?

                          What does your xml show? And your conf file

                          [23.09-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/etc: cat /var/etc/ntpd.conf 
                          # 
                          # pfSense ntp configuration file 
                          # 
                          
                          tinker panic 0 
                          
                          # Orphan mode stratum and Maximum candidate NTP peers
                          tos orphan 12 maxclock 5
                          
                          
                          # Upstream Servers
                          server -4 192.168.3.32 iburst minpoll 6 maxpoll 10 prefer
                          
                          
                          enable stats
                          statistics clockstats loopstats peerstats
                          statsdir /var/log/ntp
                          logconfig =syncall +clockall +peerall +sysall
                          driftfile /var/db/ntpd.drift
                          restrict default kod limited nomodify nopeer notrap
                          restrict -6 default kod limited nomodify nopeer notrap
                          interface ignore all
                          interface ignore wildcard
                          interface listen igb3
                          interface listen igb0
                          interface listen igb4
                          interface listen igb2
                          interface listen igb2.6
                          interface listen igb2.4
                          interface listen igb5
                          interface listen lo0
                          [23.09-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/etc: 
                          

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                            conover @johnpoz
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                            @johnpoz said in 23.09 Local NTP server "unrechable" (worked with 23.05.1):

                            @conover so you flipped it to peer, and then you flipped it back?

                            Yes, exactly (and restarted the service after each switch to be sure)

                            What does your xml show? And your conf file

                            Which XML do you mean?

                            The conf file looks pretty much the same (but no minpoll) :

                            # 
                            # pfSense ntp configuration file 
                            # 
                            
                            tinker panic 0 
                            
                            # Orphan mode stratum and Maximum candidate NTP peers
                            tos orphan 12 maxclock 5
                            
                            
                            # Upstream Servers
                            pool de.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
                            server 192.168.168.218 iburst maxpoll 9 prefer
                            
                            
                            statsdir /var/log/ntp
                            logconfig =syncall +clockall
                            driftfile /var/db/ntpd.drift
                            restrict default kod limited nomodify nopeer notrap
                            restrict -6 default kod limited nomodify nopeer notrap
                            restrict source kod limited nomodify notrap
                            interface ignore all
                            interface ignore wildcard
                            interface listen ix0.100
                            interface listen igc0
                            interface listen ix0.10
                            interface listen ix0
                            interface listen igc2
                            
                            
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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @conover
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                              @conover that is odd for sure, clearly from you sniff looks like you got an answer..

                              I can't seem to duplicate it though, when on peer it never works, but set server and bam start seeing reach count up.

                              For grins! could you remove the pool and just point to your server..

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                                conover @johnpoz
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                                @johnpoz said in 23.09 Local NTP server "unrechable" (worked with 23.05.1):

                                @conover that is odd for sure, clearly from you sniff looks like you got an answer..

                                yes, absolutely, also ntpdate works and synchronizes the clock with the server

                                For grins! could you remove the pool and just point to your server..

                                same result

                                Bildschirmfoto 2023-11-18 um 21.28.41.png

                                Is there an easy way to go back to 23.05? I would try if it's still working with that. If yes, it must be something with the 23.09 release....

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  If you installed ZFS there will be a BE snap from before the upgrade you can roll back to.

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @conover
                                    last edited by johnpoz

                                    @conover said in 23.09 Local NTP server "unrechable" (worked with 23.05.1):

                                    it must be something with the 23.09 release....

                                    While I don't deny you have something wrong - I don't see how its something wrong with 23.09 in general. I point to a local ntp server, I am running 23.09 and not having any issues.

                                    edit:
                                    What is odd, is your status shows type s, pretty sure that means peer (symmetric).. while u would be normal if just pointing to a server - see mine from above shows u.. If I set mine to peer, it doesn't work and it changes to s, and if I look in the xml (do a backup download of your whole config) then open in your fav text editor and look for ntpd

                                    ntppeer.jpg

                                    As soon as change mine back to server, it starts working right away. See how the reach started counting and my type is u not s

                                    reach.jpg

                                    edit:
                                    https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/monitoring/status/ntp.html

                                    peer.jpg

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                                      conover @johnpoz
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                                      @johnpoz Thanks for your ongoing support!

                                      Not saying it's something wrong generally in 23.09 but at least something specific :-) Either in combination with my NTP server or something went wrong during the upgrade.

                                      Went back to 23.05.01 and everything is OK again

                                      Bildschirmfoto 2023-11-19 um 11.01.37.png Bildschirmfoto 2023-11-19 um 11.01.52.png

                                      After being back to 23.09 same as before...

                                      The flag "u" and "s" appears randomly or changes after some time, currently it is set to "u":

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