NTP synchro problem ?

[jjpeyrache]

hi

customer encounred problem when tried

to synchronize sensor with NTP server

below error message when you issue command sysconfig-sensor

Error: Date/Time synchronization failed with message:

rdate: connect: Connection refused

Press Enter to continue.

any help will be appreciated

thanks

JYP

[wukunpeng]

In some device ,it supports NTP authentication,like cisco router.If the both side key does not match.NTP can not be synch.So,if "Connection refused", make sure whether NTP need authentication.

[mcerha]

The date synchronization feature is not using NTP. It is using the UNIX command 'rdate' to talk to the daytime service on another system, typically another UNIX box. The 'time' service (TCP/UDP 37) is typically run by inetd on a UNIX system. I believe that you can configure a router to enable the time service also, but I don't know the exact commands.

[jjpeyrache]

hello

in my customer site ,the NTP server is a Windows NT box,

how can i configure Sensors to synchronize with NT NTP server ?

thanks

JYP

[marcabal]

NTP is not officially supported in the 3.x sensor versions, and is not supported by Cisco TAC.

The sensor does have the NTP package loaded so if you have Solaris system administration (most unix knowledgeable people can figure it out), then you can attempt to configure it yourself on the sensors without support from Cisco.

I would recommend trying Sun's web site for more information on configuring NTP on a Solaris x86 machine if you want to try it yourself.

Cisco only supports direct setting of the date/time, or using the rdate command to do a one time sync of the date/time.

NTP support has been requested by several users, and is scheduled for official support in a future version of the sensor.

[jjpeyrache]

many thanks for this update

JYP