Subject: Re: ntpd fails to establish connection with server
To: Sverre Froyen <sverre@viewmark.com>
From: Frank Kardel <kardel@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 06/16/2006 19:14:37
Sverre Froyen wrote:

>On Thursday 15 June 2006 16:52, you wrote:
>  
>
>>>iwi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>>       ssid fesk nwkey *****
>>>       powersave off
>>>       address: 00:0e:35:38:b0:33
>>>       media: IEEE802.11 autoselect
>>>       status: no network
>>>       inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
>>>      
>>>
>>                            ^^^^^^ thats most unusual and could be very
>>well the culprit.
>>0.0.0.0 is not a valid IP address as it is used for IN_ADDRANY.
>>please pick a real one. or do "ifconfig iwi0 0.0.0.0 delete"
>>    
>>
>
>That was it.  Deleting the zero address on the unused interface makes ntpd 
>work.
>
>This, however, begs the question what to do about network interfaces that are 
>not being used.  The above interface configuration is the result of a 
>standard boot sequence that uses dhclient.  I suppose I could put something 
>in rc.local to reconfigure unused interfaces, but is seems to me that the 
>regular boot sequence ought to handle this more gracefully.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sverre
>
>  
>
Could you please send-pr that dhclient issue ? That way we get a
change to look into that.

Regards,
  Frank