Re: Public Time Synchronization Servers

From: Odhiambo Washington (wash_at_wananchi.com)
Date: 09/30/03

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    * John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> [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

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