kmself@ix.netcom.com <kmself@ix.netcom.com> said: > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 11:59:03PM +0200, Morten Bo Johansen ([EMAIL > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I would like to use netdate to syncronize my computer's > > timesetting with that of a timeserver but no matter what > > timeserver address I pass to netdate I get the following > > lacklustre message: > > > > Connection with udp to x.x.x.x failed > > I use ntpdate, cronned to run a few times a day. There is also ntpd, > which continuously polls a list of timeservers to keep your system(s) > syncronized. > > Is networking working for you -- can you ping the host or otherwise > connect to it?
Yes it's working. It is something with the udp stuff, I think - but nevermind, I used the advice I got from others as well as from you, to use the ntpdate program and it works fine. Thanks a lot to you and everybody else. Best regards, Morten -- "Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again." (Earl Wilson)