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" >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:28 PM >To: Main PLUG discussion list >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" >>Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:50 PM >>To: Alex Dean , Main PLUG discussion list >>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 >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss