From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 01:10:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4322916A4BF for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:10:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D60643FE9 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:10:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.22 #3 (FreeBSD)) id 1A4FaN-0005kP-8l for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:10:19 +0300 Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:10:19 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030930081019.GF97601@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org References: <20030930070650.GC97601@ns2.wananchi.com> <20030930074515.GD97601@ns2.wananchi.com> <20030930075249.GA13116@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030930075249.GA13116@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Fortune: Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. -- Henry David Thoreau X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE i386 X-Best-Window-Manager: Blackbox X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.4i (2003-03-19) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 11:08AM up 4 days, 3:38, 5 users, load averages: 1.33, 2.20, 2.67 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: Public Time Synchronization Servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:10:25 -0000 * John Hay [20030930 10:53]: wrote: [snip] > > It sure did, but still seems I am stuck. I have extracted the Stratum-2 > > servers from this site and run a test against them, no luck still. The > > error msg I get is the same: > > > > > > root@ /home/wash] > > 2# cat FILE2 > > ntp1.icomtek.csir.co.za > > tock.nml.csir.co.za > > ntp.is.co.za > > igubu.saix.net > > ntp1.webonline.co.za > > ntp-ndf.mweb.co.za > > ntp-nld.mweb.co.za > > > > 1# for server in `cat FILE2`; do ntpdate $server; done > > 30 Sep 10:42:58 ntpdate[55266]: no server suitable for synchronization found > > 30 Sep 10:43:02 ntpdate[55267]: no server suitable for synchronization found > > 30 Sep 10:43:06 ntpdate[55268]: no server suitable for synchronization found > > 30 Sep 10:43:10 ntpdate[55269]: no server suitable for synchronization found > > 30 Sep 10:43:17 ntpdate[55272]: no server suitable for synchronization found > > 30 Sep 10:43:24 ntpdate[55273]: no server suitable for synchronization found > > 30 Sep 10:43:30 ntpdate[55274]: no server suitable for synchronization found > > > > > > Is there something that I could be ignoring (since this is my 1st go at > > setting up a Time Server) that is blatantly obvious? For one I know (connectionwsie) > > that SA may not be the closest to me, but surely their Time Servers should > > serve me well ;) > > They should. I run the icomtek ones and they don't block anyone... yet. :-) > South Africa might not be optimum for you though because I guess that most > African countries don't peer with each other, so everything have to go > through USA. :-( > > > I am still at a loss as to why I get the message. > > Maybe there is some kind of firewalling on your side? NTP use udp port 123. No firewalls here ;) -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington "The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-) Paul's Law: In America, it's not how much an item costs, it's how much you save.