This is interesting. NTP should, by default, bind to all local interfaces, on UDP, and should be able to recover by itself.
Can you attach a 'grep ntp /var/log/daemon.log' piece here, long enough to show the system startup & some few hours of run? ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- ntp starts before the network is up in feisty https://launchpad.net/bugs/90267 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs