Yes I am in Asia. I picked up three server from the script as fallows. 202.234.64.222 124.10.47.8 152.118.24.8 And run the ntpdate command, But still i am facing the same problem and got the following Error. [root@localhost etc]# ntpdate -ud 152.118.24.8 18 Jun 10:08:55 ntpdate[8675]: ntpdate 4.2.0a@1.1190-r Mon Oct 11 09:10:21 EDT 2004 (1) Looking for host 152.118.24.8 and service ntp host found : uicsgtw.cs.ui.ac.id transmit(152.118.24.8) transmit(152.118.24.8) transmit(152.118.24.8) transmit(152.118.24.8) transmit(152.118.24.8) 152.118.24.8: Server dropped: no data server 152.118.24.8, port 123 stratum 0, precision 0, leap 00, trust 000 refid [152.118.24.8], delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000 transmitted 4, in filter 4 reference time: 00000000.00000000 Thu, Feb 7 2036 11:58:16.000 originate timestamp: 00000000.00000000 Thu, Feb 7 2036 11:58:16.000 transmit timestamp: ca208ae3.c947bedb Mon, Jun 18 2007 10:08:59.786 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 18 Jun 10:09:00 ntpdate[8675]: no server suitable for synchronization found Is it necessary to access time server only on Live server in my organization or i can access it on internal network PC? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Thomas" <rbthomas55@pobox.com> To: "anup" <anup.behare@einfochips.com> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:54 AM Subject: Re: ntpdate[5498]: no server suitable for synchronization found I assume you are in Asia. If so, run the following script and examine the output. Pick three hosts that look best and use them in place of "3.asia.pool.ntp.org". Script: --------cut here--------------- for i in 0 1 2 3 do host $i.asia.pool.ntp.org done | while read x echo "" do y="$(echo $x | sed 's/^.*has address //')" ping -c10 -q $y host $y done --------cut here--------------- Criteria for a "good" host: no more than 10% packet loss. max round trip time is acceptably low deviation (mdev or stddev, depending on which version of ping) of round trip time is acceptably low. Enjoy! Rick |