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Re: ntp: not synchronized?



* Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) spake thusly:
> on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 12:07:34PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk (dmaziuk@yola.bmrb.wisc.edu) wrote:
> > * Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) spake thusly:
> > > on Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 06:43:07PM -0500, ktb (ktb@nixnotes.org) wrote:
> 
> > > > There is the "-u" option for ntpdate which might be useful -
> > > 
> > > Thanks, I'd missed that.  Still doesn't work though.
> > 
> > What does 'ntpdate -d ...' say?
> 
>     [root@ego:root]$ date; /usr/sbin/ntpdate -udb time.apple.com
>     Mon Aug  6 15:47:27 PDT 2001
>      6 Aug 15:47:27 ntpdate[20310]: ntpdate 4.0.99g Wed Apr  4 18:01:13 MDT 2001 (1)
>     transmit(17.254.0.26)
>     transmit(17.254.0.26)
>     transmit(17.254.0.26)
>     transmit(17.254.0.26)
>     transmit(17.254.0.26)
>     server 17.254.0.26, port 123
>     stratum 0, precision 0, leap 00, trust 000
>     refid [0.0.0.0], delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000
>     transmitted 4, in filter 4
>     reference time:    00000000.00000000  Wed, Feb  6 2036 22:28:16.000
>     originate timestamp: 00000000.00000000  Wed, Feb  6 2036 22:28:16.000
>     transmit timestamp:  bf199d08.4764bec6  Mon, Aug  6 2001 15:47:36.278
>     filter delay:  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000 
> 	     0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000 
>     filter offset: 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
> 	     0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
>     delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000
>     offset 0.000000
> 
>      6 Aug 15:47:37 ntpdate[20310]: no server suitable for synchronization found

Ahh. Unfortunately ntpdate is too dumb to know it didn't get any replies. All
those zeroes usually mean that ntp is blocked at the firewall. Try opening a 
hole for appropriate --dport and see if that helps.

Dima 
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