From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 01:32:33 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 F210C16A4B3 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:32:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50ADF4402F for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:32:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.22 #3 (FreeBSD)) id 1A4Fvo-000ARO-GF; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:32:28 +0300 Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:32:28 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: Christopher Raven Message-ID: <20030930083228.GJ97601@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , Christopher Raven , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org References: <20030930081319.GH97601@ns2.wananchi.com> <001d01c3872b$ef2eefc0$01ffa8c0@cianoh469jbbk7> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001d01c3872b$ef2eefc0$01ffa8c0@cianoh469jbbk7> 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: 11:28AM up 4 days, 3:58, 5 users, load averages: 2.27, 2.41, 2.68 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org 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 08:32:33 -0000 * Christopher Raven [20030930 11:22]: wrote: > Ah just saw that you had tried from two, OK scratch my lest comment. Do > you have access to a machine off of your own network to try.. i.e. if > you are in a University Campus there try from a machine off the network. I am going to try from my friend's box in Hungary.. > Perhaps an upstream Router / firewall is blocking time requests that you > are unaware of? Very possible. The test that we run here seem to suggest that. > If you do a traceroute to that server you can perhaps ask the ISP's at > each step to try that timeserver so you can see where it breaks. If you > ask they can only say no :) > Yes, I am already calling out upstream provider to get them to explain this to me. They are notorious for filtering ports!! -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! :-) Cahn's Axiom: When all else fails, read the instructions.