Pfsense Date & Time
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@elvisimprsntr
I set the correct time zone in pfsense. Date is correct. but the time is few hours difference. Looks like the time in BIOS is local. there is no option I can see in BIOS to change to UTC. What am I missing ? -
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simply set the BIOS time to UTC HH:MM:SS
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone/utc
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@elvisimprsntr
Time in BIOS is correct and its in UTC format. Still I installed new battery in motherboard.
But even after setting correct time zone in pfsense, time is 7 Hours ahead. -
- GUI: stop NTP service
- CLI: ntpdate time.nist.gov
- GUI: restart NTP service
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Did the same. I got below msg on output.
Still the time is wrong.. Now 4 Hours 30 min difference.14 Jun 19:03:04 ntpdate[63408]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
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@elvisimprsntr
14 Jun 19:14:57 ntpdate[69805]: no server suitable for synchronization foundthis is the result of second try
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@elvisimprsntr
"DNS Resolver is stopped or Disabled" when we chk the tatus of DNS Resolver.
In the DNS Resolver page, the Enable DNS Resolver tick mark is ON
May be NTP server setting is not resolving ??????
DNS Resolution behavior is set as Default.(First use local and fall back to remote)DNS forwarder is ON and working.
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@Cleetus-Antony said in Pfsense Date & Time:
DNS forwarder is ON and working.
Then the NTP client can resolve.
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@Gertjan But no effect. Tried all the ways . Time is still 4 and half hour ahead.
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@Gertjan
14 Jun 19:14:57 ntpdate[69805]: no server suitable for synchronization foundThis response means any issue with DNS ?
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Noop.
A (the pfSense) NTP client syncs with an NTP server, typically an IP (and in that case : no DNS needed ;) ), a host name or even a pool.
It tells you it wasn't able to do so.Example :
I'm in France, so I used a local NTP server pool :
Because you should never 'type in stuff without checking, I've checked this "2.fr.pool.ntp.org" :
[24.03-RELEASE][root@pfSense.bhf.tld]/root: dig @127.0.0.1 2.fr.pool.ntp.org +short 195.154.226.102 149.91.80.92 91.224.149.41 82.64.81.218This tells me 3 things :
The pool is a pool, there are several IPs.
The 'host name' resolves to IPs.
And, bonus : my DNS works.My 'NTP' is happy of course :
Hummm : the status told me my check was wrong ....
Ok, again :[24.03-RELEASE][root@pfSense.bhf.tld]/root: dig @127.0.0.1 2.fr.pool.ntp.org AAAA +short 2001:41d0:801:2000::acb 2001:41d0:304:200::6803 2603:1020:802:3::a8 2001:861:4080:81b1::3Also fine.
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@Gertjan said in Pfsense Date & Time:
dig @127.0.0.1 2.fr.pool.ntp.org +short
Thank u for the info.
My NTP is sad.
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@Cleetus-Antony well your never going to sync if you can not resolve anything in the pool name your using.
If you try and resolve that fqdn, what do you get back?
23.09.1-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.home.arpa]/root: dig 0.in.pool.ntp.org ; <<>> DiG 9.18.16 <<>> 0.in.pool.ntp.org ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 21553 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;0.in.pool.ntp.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: 0.in.pool.ntp.org. 3600 IN A 157.245.102.2 0.in.pool.ntp.org. 3600 IN A 162.159.200.123 0.in.pool.ntp.org. 3600 IN A 162.159.200.1 0.in.pool.ntp.org. 3600 IN A 95.216.192.15 ;; Query time: 326 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) (UDP) ;; WHEN: Fri Jun 14 07:54:50 CDT 2024 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 110
Also you have 2 notifications I see up there the red bell with 2 next too it - those are normally things you should pay attention too, and quite often point out stuff that had an error, etc..
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@Cleetus-Antony ok well its resolving... So that is good.. Odd that ntp doesn't show that, I would think it would show the IPs it resolved and then if couldn't talk to them the reach would just be at zero, etc..
But yours is showing nothing, like it couldn't resolve what IPs are in the pool? Is that maybe a O vs a 0 (zero)?
You could try putting in say one of those IPs directly vs as a pool and see if it shows that IP.. And can it talk to it.. I would then sniff on your wan to validate its sending ntp, and maybe you just don't get an answer?
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Do you have a PC with a windows OS ? or any OS actually, as every device has a ntp client these days.
Get any of the IP's, and give it to your ntp windows client :
and test it.
Still doesn't work ?
Start checking your upstream 'WAN' (ISP ?) connection. Some one might be filtering upstream.
You don't have any pfSense floating firewall rules, right ? -
I have no additional rules set. All default ones.
Before this ntp, I used pfsense default ntp settings. Stil the issue was same. -
