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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=459280811-16032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I've just been troubleshooting a similar
problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=459280811-16032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>It seems the hobbitserver tries to query the ntp-daemon on
the client by issueing an ntpdate -q command with the
client-IP .</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=459280811-16032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>In my case, this did not work for a particular client,
since it's firewall would not allow outside queries.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=459280811-16032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I was first thinking the ntpdate check was executed locally
on the client, but it appears it is not. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=459280811-16032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I was able to reproduce the output by executing the command
on the server instead, which led us to the cause of the
problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=459280811-16032009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hope
this helps.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Van:</B> Hanrahan, Kevin
[mailto:Kevin.Hanrahan@elavon.com] <BR><B>Verzonden:</B> zondag 15 maart 2009
22:22<BR><B>Aan:</B> 'hobbit@hswn.dk'<BR><B>Onderwerp:</B> [hobbit] ntp
check<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I was hoping to get some insight about the ntp
test.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I am now getting intermittent failure alerts on random
servers but there does not seem to be an actual time problem<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Can somebody tell me exactly what the ntp test on hobbit
does?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>thank you<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>kh<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
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