I was curious, so I tried to hit my firewall without making any changes to its current state.
I used a program call NetLab 1.4, freeware for windows. It has a time snyc function I use to keep my clocks updated.
When I hit the main time server that worked through the firewall - salmon.maths.tcd.ie - my clocks are in sync. The program has options to sync via TCP, UDP or SNTP. When I hit the internet server, all work except the UDP protocol. It crashes Winsock on my winxp box.
When I try to sync with the firewall INTERNAL IP Address - it fails on all EXCEPT SNTP, however that is so far off, it gave me the date from 1994.
I logged on the firewall and did a date and/or hwclock command and it shows the correct date and time.
When I try my external IP address, it only works with SNTP and then again it gives me a date from 1994.
I hope this was able to help in your troubleshooting
Very strange...
I'll stick with my previous recomendation: Run ntpd on your mandrake box (or some other "full" linux disto), and sync all internal clients to it, including your firewall.
It sounds like the light-weight NTP server you're trying to run has some "issues" in your environment, and I personally don't think something like an NTP server should be running on the firewall anyway (run only those things that *HAVE* to be on the firewall for security...fewer applications running means fewer potential security risks).
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