correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

[Jon M. Hanson]

I have Cox hand have no issues using NTP. I believe I'm syncing to pool.ntp.org 
  though.

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On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:44 PM, "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters at mindspring.com 
 > wrote:

> Hmm, in the debug output from the ntp server startup on my gateway  
> system I see
> the following:
>
> addto_syslog: Cannot find existing interface for address 148.167.132.200
> addto_syslog: Cannot find existing interface for address 66.27.60.10
>
> among the other messages there. The addresses 148.167.132.200 and  
> 66.27.60.10
> corresponds to the two ntp servers I have set in my ntp.conf file on  
> that system.
>
> So it seems that the ntpd daemon does indeed start up but it still  
> is not able to contact
> either of the ntp servers I have configured.
>
> NUTS!
>
> Just a guess but I am thinking this is a Cox network thing. That is  
> just a guess though.
> Is anyone else here on a Cox cable modem able to sync to a external  
> ntp server?
> --
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters at mindspring.com>
>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:37 PM
>> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>> Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?
>>
>> OK, I may be wrong again. If I start ntpd by hand on my gateway/ 
>> firewall system
>> it does indeed start and I am able to sync to that system from the  
>> other client
>> systems on my network but when I do a ntpq on it and type "peers"  
>> the only
>> thing listed there is the LOCAL (0) one. Unless I am mistaken it  
>> should also
>> list the two other ntp servers I have configured in the ntp.conf  
>> file. Right?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters at mindspring.com>
>>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:28 PM
>>> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug- 
>>> discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>>> Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?
>>>
>>> I mis-spoke below. It is not the cable modem thata has a time  
>>> display but rather the cable TV box
>>> that has nothing to do with my network.
>>>
>>> I have discovered something else. If I start ntpd by hand on my  
>>> external gateway server
>>> (the SuSE-10.1 system), it seems to work just fine. It seems to  
>>> synchronize with the
>>> ntp servers and provides replies to my local network systems.
>>>
>>> It seems that is is just the actual ntpdate command to those  
>>> external servers that does not
>>> function and hangs everytime I try it. My guess is if I commented  
>>> out the calls to ntpdate
>>> in the ntp init script everything would function just fine.
>>>
>>> Why would ntpd connect and work fine but ntpdate will not function?
>>> --
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters at mindspring.com>
>>>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:50 PM
>>>> To: Alex Dean <alex at crackpot.org>, Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us 
>>>> >
>>>> Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?
>>>>
>>>> My Cox cable modem has a time display that is set by their  
>>>> network and the time on my system
>>>> is set to under a minute different than that display. Besides if  
>>>> I cannot get any sort of reply
>>>> from the ntp servers how can I tell what time they are synced to?
>>>> --
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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