topic NTP problem on PIX 515E with 8.0(4)16 in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179505#M877805 <P>I upgraded IOS on PIX 515E from ASA image 7.2(4) to PIX image 8.0(4)16. NTP statement disappeared. I tried to add NTP statement back, but got the following error messages:</P><P></P><P>Firewall(config)# ntp server 10.3.1.3 </P><P>vPif_getVpif: bad vPifNum(0xffff) from B6F781 from 560BE7</P><P>UDP: ERROR - socket &lt;unknown&gt; 31488 in used</P><P>ERROR: Could not open udp/65535/123 for NTP</P><P>ERROR: failed to initialize NTP process</P><P></P><P>How can I resolve this problem? Thank you in advance.</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:35:36 GMT santipongv 2019-03-11T14:35:36Z NTP problem on PIX 515E with 8.0(4)16 https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179505#M877805 <P>I upgraded IOS on PIX 515E from ASA image 7.2(4) to PIX image 8.0(4)16. NTP statement disappeared. I tried to add NTP statement back, but got the following error messages:</P><P></P><P>Firewall(config)# ntp server 10.3.1.3 </P><P>vPif_getVpif: bad vPifNum(0xffff) from B6F781 from 560BE7</P><P>UDP: ERROR - socket &lt;unknown&gt; 31488 in used</P><P>ERROR: Could not open udp/65535/123 for NTP</P><P>ERROR: failed to initialize NTP process</P><P></P><P>How can I resolve this problem? Thank you in advance.</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:35:36 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179505#M877805 santipongv 2019-03-11T14:35:36Z Re: NTP problem on PIX 515E with 8.0(4)16 https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179506#M877807 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It looks you are hitting bug CSCsk75944 </P><P>from </P><P><A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?caller=pluginredirector&amp;method=fetchBugDetails&amp;bugId=CSCsk75944" target="_blank">http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?caller=pluginredirector&amp;method=fetchBugDetails&amp;bugId=CSCsk75944</A></P><P></P><P>ASA configuration of NTP - NTP process fails to initialise</P><P></P><P></P><P>Symptom:</P><P></P><P>Error when configuring NTP on ASA version 8.0(2).</P><P></P><P># conf t</P><P>(config)# ntp server 10.12.6.119</P><P>vPif_getVpif: bad vPifNum(0xffff) from 87D5A11 from 8147AE8</P><P>UDP: ERROR - socket 31488 in used</P><P>ERROR: Could not open udp/65535/123 for NTP</P><P>ERROR: failed to initialize NTP process</P><P>(config)#</P><P></P><P></P><P>Conditions:</P><P></P><P>ASA 8.0(2)</P><P></P><P>Workaround:</P><P></P><P>Unknown </P><P></P><P>:(((</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:23:58 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179506#M877807 m.sir 2009-01-12T14:23:58Z Re: NTP problem on PIX 515E with 8.0(4)16 https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179507#M877809 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Does this apply to the PIX image 8.0(4)16?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:28:03 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179507#M877809 santipongv 2009-01-12T14:28:03Z Re: NTP problem on PIX 515E with 8.0(4)16 https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179508#M877810 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>did u try withjust ntp and ip address or did u also tried with </P><P></P><P>ntp server 10.x.x.x source inside/outside ect.</P><P></P><P>also source has sub command which u can check.</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:31:16 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179508#M877810 Pravin Phadte 2009-01-12T14:31:16Z Re: NTP problem on PIX 515E with 8.0(4)16 https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179509#M877811 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Interestingly, I don't have NTP problem on another 515E with the same code (8.0(4)16) on it. Any thoughts?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:32:30 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179509#M877811 santipongv 2009-01-12T14:32:30Z Re: NTP problem on PIX 515E with 8.0(4)16 https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179510#M877812 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I did try all combinations and got the same error message.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:34:00 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179510#M877812 santipongv 2009-01-12T14:34:00Z Re: NTP problem on PIX 515E with 8.0(4)16 https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179511#M877813 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hmm thats not a good thing. Then it seems that it should not be the pix ios problem.</P><P></P><P>What about u r network any acl blocking port for NTP 123 ?</P><P></P><P>Any anything from the network side where the ntp server is configued is blocking this ip ?</P><P>that would be my only thoughts now</P><P></P><P>PIX is getting bad...</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:43:47 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179511#M877813 Pravin Phadte 2009-01-12T14:43:47Z Re: NTP problem on PIX 515E with 8.0(4)16 https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179512#M877814 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>UDP 123 is allowed. Thank you for your inputs.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:47:07 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/ntp-problem-on-pix-515e-with-8-0-4-16/m-p/1179512#M877814 santipongv 2009-01-12T14:47:07Z