I"m not sure how closely I’ve been watching, but recently I’ve seen repeated NTP requests from my Ekrano GX running v3.60-66 to Russia and Belarus NTP servers. I’m fairly certain these are legitimate requests looking at the network traffic, but since there is no way to set the NTP server, I want to…

Hi @joeAV541 , Victron here :sweat_smile: . To change this, you’ll have to indeed ssh into the Cerbo and amend a file somewhere. It might be quite a while before we get to changing this, if ever. Its the eternal matter of choices and limited capacity and long lists of whishes by ourselves + userb…

I got similar blocks in my firewall, [image] Good to have block feature :slight_smile: /Kaj

Thank you for confirming Kaj. Good to know I’m not alone. I’m always worried about a compromised system getting onto my control network and wreaking havoc. ChatGPT suggested I SSH into the Ekrano GX and edit timesycnd.conf directly to point to an NTP server like time.gogle.com and a fallback lik…

ChatGPT is wrong, as it always is, there is not systemd-timesyncd on VenusOS. And pool.ntp.org might well be the reason for those packets, as it returns a number of addresses from the pool. You might want to use “ CC.pool.ntp.org ” with “CC” being your two-letter country code to get local ntp servers…

ChatGPT only suggested time.google.com .. I assumed pool.ntp.org was the hardcoded default and was planning on moving that to backup. Even so, I had no way to confirm either timesycnd.conf existed or the current NTP setting. I found SSH locked down in v3.60-66 and no easy way to enable. For now, …

Please take a look at how ntp system works. Cerbo is configured to ask time from: 0.europe.pool.ntp.org , 1.europe.pool.ntp.org , 2.europe.pool.ntp.org , 3.europe.pool.ntp.org These can translate, if network status in that moment ask for, to any “europe” mapped timeservers. Want it or not Belaru…

Good info Alex. Thanks. I had no idea where my GX was pointing. That information is not exposed in the UI or configurable. That was my point. If you guys in Europe want to use Russian or Belarus NTP servers, that is your choice. Us in other parts of the world may not want to use those same se…

I believe that it’s /etc/connman/main.conf, under FallbackTimeservers keyword.

I can confirm /etc/connman/main.conf is the location for the FallbackTimeservers ntp servers. Thanks again Alex. After poking around I also found the default time server points to the DHCP server (the local Peplink router). Although I made the changes to main.conf FallbackTimeservers as sugges…

Venus v3.60-66 Are NTP Calls to Russia & Belarus Servers Normal?

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KajLehtinen (Kaj Lehtinen) 29 April 2025 05:30 2

I got similar blocks in my firewall,

Good to have block feature

/Kaj

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