On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Mirek Kwasniak wrote: > > > Try ntpq, is it working? > > > > ntpq does work. Does ntpdate use (a) port(s) that ntpq doesn't, so maybe > > my ISP might have started blocking something ? > > No, both ntpdate & ntpq use ntp udp port. > Again: > - to long (99) servers list > - temporary network problem > - too log distance (time) to servers > > Try: ntpdate -d
---------------------------------------------------------------------- darxus:~# ntpdate 128.118.25.3 13 Dec 14:45:39 ntpdate[5606]: no server suitable for synchronization found darxus:~# ntpdate -d 128.118.25.3 13 Dec 14:45:43 ntpdate[5607]: ntpdate 4.0.98f Sun Nov 21 00:35:29 MST 1999 (1) transmit(128.118.25.3) transmit(128.118.25.3) receive(128.118.25.3) transmit(128.118.25.3) receive(128.118.25.3) transmit(128.118.25.3) receive(128.118.25.3) transmit(128.118.25.3) server 128.118.25.3, port 123 stratum 2, precision -15, leap 00, trust 000 refid [128.4.1.1], delay 0.22501, dispersion 8.00395 transmitted 4, in filter 4 reference time: bbffc8ce.b9fe21d9 Mon, Dec 13 1999 14:34:38.726 originate timestamp: bbffca00.7f0ee49f Mon, Dec 13 1999 14:39:44.496 transmit timestamp: bbffcb68.a3e5321e Mon, Dec 13 1999 14:45:44.640 filter delay: 0.00000 0.22539 0.22501 0.31543 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 filter offset: 0.000000 -360.303 -360.302 -360.289 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 delay 0.22501, dispersion 8.00395 offset -360.302934 13 Dec 14:45:44 ntpdate[5607]: step time server 128.118.25.3 offset -360.302934 sec ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Interesting, eh ? Debug mode works, non debug mode doesn't. The ip address 128.118.25.3 was gotten from doing ntpdate -d `head clock.lst`, which succeded -- that was the ip it successfully contacted. __________________________________________________________________ PGP fingerprint = 03 5B 9B A0 16 33 91 2F A5 77 BC EE 43 71 98 D4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.op.net/~darxus Find the next largest prime, be famous: http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm