Release Candidate for new Windows Installer(4.2.4p3-RC1)

Hi there!

I uploaded a new version of the Windows Installer to our
webserver, including 
the brand new 4.2.4p3-RC1 version of NTP. This is a release
candidate version, I 
ask everybody to carefully test this release and let me know
if you experience 
any glitches or errors. Please do not use it in life systems
or production 
environments (no, not even in your local nuclear power plant
controlling system!).

This version includes the fix for bug #527 which prevented
us from releasing a 
new stable version of ntpd for Windows for several months.
The only special 
modification I added was a small fix that lets NT4 SP6
clients run this version 
as well (although Autokey might not work on NT4 machines).

The new release will be called "foehr", simply
because Foehr (in German: Föhr) 
is a nice island in the Northern Sea (http://en.wiki
pedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6hr) 
and exactly the place where I will spend two weeks of
vacation (starting on 
Monday) ... hopefully chilling on the beach with my laptop
and a decent wifi 
connection at hand 

Please download the new installer version from here:
http://www.meinberg.de/download/ntp/wind
ows/experimental/ntp-4.2.4p3-RC1foehr-o-win32-setup.exe

And please do not link to this URL, I will remove this file
as soon as I 
returned from vacation and created a new, official stable
release. That one will 
be downloadable from our regular NTP download page at

http://www.
meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm

As usual, you can contact me or my colleagues at Meinberg if
you face any 
difficulties with the installer or NTP on Windows machines.
Please contact 
ntp-supportmeinberg.de !

Best Regards,
  Heiko

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Heiko Gerstung wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I uploaded a new version of the Windows Installer to
our webserver,
> including the brand new 4.2.4p3-RC1 version of NTP.
This is a release 
> candidate
> version, I ask everybody to carefully test this release
and let me
> know if you experience any glitches or errors. Please
do not use it
> in life systems or production environments (no, not
even in your
> local nuclear power plant controlling system!).
> This version includes the fix for bug #527 which
prevented us from
> releasing a new stable version of ntpd for Windows for
several
> months. The only special modification I added was a
small fix that
> lets NT4 SP6 clients run this version as well (although
Autokey might
> not work on NT4 machines).
> The new release will be called "foehr",
simply because Foehr (in
> German: Föhr) is a nice island in the Northern Sea
> (http://en.wiki
pedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6hr) and exactly the place where I

> will spend two weeks of vacation
> (starting on Monday) ... hopefully chilling on the
beach with my
> laptop and a decent wifi connection at hand 
>
> Please download the new installer version from here:
> http://www.meinberg.de/download/ntp/wind
ows/experimental/ntp-4.2.4p3-RC1foehr-o-win32-setup.exe
>
> And please do not link to this URL, I will remove this
file as soon
> as I returned from vacation and created a new, official
stable release.
> That one will be downloadable from our regular NTP
download page at
>
> http://www.
meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm
>
> As usual, you can contact me or my colleagues at
Meinberg if you face
> any difficulties with the installer or NTP on Windows
machines.
> Please contact ntp-supportmeinberg.de !
>
> Best Regards,
>  Heiko

Heiko,

Many thanks for making this version available.

This release seems to be OK on Windows 2000 Prof, Windows XP
Home and 
Prof, but still has problems with Windows NT 4 SP 6 Server. 
On NT 4, the 
initial connection is made only to a server on the LAN, and
not to the 
servers on the Internet.  NTP then says synced to that local
server.  A 
few minutes later, that server shows with a reach of 370. 
Then 360. 
However, about 12 - 14 minutes after starting, a "No
servers reachable" 
message is logged in the Event log, and an ntpq -p shows
that ntpd is no 
longer synced.  Reach is then 0.

Cheers,
David 



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David J Taylor wrote:
> Heiko Gerstung wrote:
>> Hi there!
>>
>> I uploaded a new version of the Windows Installer
to our webserver,
>> including the brand new 4.2.4p3-RC1 version of NTP.
This is a release 
>> candidate
>> version, I ask everybody to carefully test this
release and let me
>> know if you experience any glitches or errors.
Please do not use it
>> in life systems or production environments (no, not
even in your
>> local nuclear power plant controlling system!).
>> This version includes the fix for bug #527 which
prevented us from
>> releasing a new stable version of ntpd for Windows
for several
>> months. The only special modification I added was a
small fix that
>> lets NT4 SP6 clients run this version as well
(although Autokey might
>> not work on NT4 machines).
>> The new release will be called "foehr",
simply because Foehr (in
>> German: Föhr) is a nice island in the Northern Sea
>> (http://en.wiki
pedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6hr) and exactly the place where I

>> will spend two weeks of vacation
>> (starting on Monday) ... hopefully chilling on the
beach with my
>> laptop and a decent wifi connection at hand 
>>
>> Please download the new installer version from
here:
>> http://www.meinberg.de/download/ntp/wind
ows/experimental/ntp-4.2.4p3-RC1foehr-o-win32-setup.exe
>>
>> And please do not link to this URL, I will remove
this file as soon
>> as I returned from vacation and created a new,
official stable release.
>> That one will be downloadable from our regular NTP
download page at
>>
>> http://www.
meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm
>>
>> As usual, you can contact me or my colleagues at
Meinberg if you face
>> any difficulties with the installer or NTP on
Windows machines.
>> Please contact ntp-supportmeinberg.de !
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>  Heiko
> 
> Heiko,
> 
> Many thanks for making this version available.
> 
> This release seems to be OK on Windows 2000 Prof,
Windows XP Home and 
> Prof, but still has problems with Windows NT 4 SP 6
Server.  On NT 4, the 
> initial connection is made only to a server on the LAN,
and not to the 
> servers on the Internet.  NTP then says synced to that
local server.  A 
> few minutes later, that server shows with a reach of
370.  Then 360. 
> However, about 12 - 14 minutes after starting, a
"No servers reachable" 
> message is logged in the Event log, and an ntpq -p
shows that ntpd is no 
> longer synced.  Reach is then 0.
> 

Please file a bug report specifying NT 4.0 though I have
almost no way
of figuring out what the problem is since NT 4.0 is very
obsolete at
this point in time and I no longer have an NT 4.0 system.

Danny

> Cheers,
> David 
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Danny Mayer wrote:
[]
> Please file a bug report specifying NT 4.0 though I
have almost no way
> of figuring out what the problem is since NT 4.0 is
very obsolete at
> this point in time and I no longer have an NT 4.0
system.
>
> Danny

Thanks, Danny, I've done that.  "Bug 867 has been added
to the database"

I've CC:ed this to Meinberg as well, as Heiko requested.

A previous build of NTP works satisfactorily on NT4, so I
still have 
timekeeping.

I don't know if you could use VMware or Virtual PC to
provide an NT4 
testbed, or whether for this purpose they aren't useful.

Cheers,
David 


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I have been testing the following:

http://www.meinberg.de/download/ntp/wind
ows/experimental/ntp-4.2.4p3-RC1foehr-o-win32-setup.exe

http://www.meinb
erg.de/download/ntp/windows/time-server-monitor/ntp-time-ser
ver-monitor-0.9n.exe

...and they appear to work perfectly.

Hardware: Copmaq Proliant 5500R, quad processor, 4GB RAM
OS: Windows 2000 Advanced Server with all updates and
service packs.

-- 
Guy Macon
<http://www.guymacon.com/
>

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