I have Cox hand have no issues using NTP. I believe I'm syncing to pool.ntp.org though.
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:44 PM, "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clust...@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-clust...@mindspring.com> >> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:37 PM >> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@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-clust...@mindspring.com> >>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:28 PM >>> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug- >>> disc...@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-clust...@mindspring.com> >>>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:50 PM >>>> To: Alex Dean <a...@crackpot.org>, Main PLUG discussion list >>>> <plug-discuss@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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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