[j-nsp] ntp status

[Dmitri Kalintsev]

Port used by NTP is 123, NOT 153.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 09:57:07AM -0400, MPuras at solunet.com wrote:
> This from the knowledgebase:
>  
> Problem: The show ntp commands respond with a connection refused error
> message. 
>  
> Solution: This error message means that the user interface program cannot
> successfully communicate the the ntp daemon process. The most common causes
> for this are: 
>  
> The loopback interface does not have IP address 127.0.0.1 configured; ntp
> uses a network connection to 127.0.0.1 (also known as localhost) to
> communicate between the daemon and the user interface 
> There is a firewall filter associated with the loopback interface which is
> blocking ntp packets (ntp uses both the TCP and UDP protocols, and port
> number 153) 
> The ntp daemon process (xntpd) may not be running; verify this by checking
> the output of the "show system processes detail" wide command. If the ntp
> daemon is not running, you should be able to restart it by modifying the
> [edit system services ntp] hierarchy and performing a commit. If the daemon
> still will not start, examine the system log file for ntp errors.

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SY,
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D.K.