> # rdate asia.pool.ntp.org > rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused
"Connection refused" is the answer to your question. $ host asia.pool.ntp.org asia.pool.ntp.org has address 121.131.26.55 asia.pool.ntp.org has address 202.90.149.86 asia.pool.ntp.org has address 203.123.49.2 asia.pool.ntp.org has address 202.71.97.92 asia.pool.ntp.org has address 203.200.188.4 Try some others by IP address like above until you find ones that connect and have low latency and good time. Or in your /etc/ntpd.conf use "servers asia.pool.ntp.org" which should use more than one server, so it would be ok if one didn't answer. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]