Fabrice wrote: >> Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >>> Fabrice wrote: >>>> It seems that I get 1st january 2000 as a date from pool.ntp.org, using >>>> command >>>> >>>> /usr/sbin/netdate tcp pool.ntp.org >>>> >>>> Has anyone noticed anything? >>>> >>> What is "netdate" and what O/S are you running it on? > > netdate is a standard command on my system to update the local time from a > time server. It runs on linux slackware 10.2. > >>> I'm sure someone would have noticed of any of the pool servers were off >>> by six years and eleven months. They are carefully monitored and >>> required to be within a few milliseconds of the correct time. > > I agree with that: I have been using netdate on my gateway to internet for > years to retrieve the accurate time and to serve it to the PCs on the > internal family network. No problem for at least 4 years... > > I was therefore very surprised this morning when all my clocks had been set > up to year 2000! > > Now the situation is back to normal. Netdate gets back again the correct > time. >>> FWIW NTP uses UDP rather than TCP! > > According to netdate man page, both protocols can be used. >
I have no idea what netdate supports but NTP is an UDP protocol and only uses port 123/UDP. We do not support netdate in any form. Check with your O/S vendor for questions about netdate. Danny _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
