[hobbit] Ntpdate problem

Rich Smrcina rsmrcina at wi.rr.com
Tue Sep 13 18:09:05 CEST 2005


OK, thanks.

Al Payne wrote:
> The "stratum 16" would seem to indicate that your NTP server is not
> properly syncing with a higher ranking (lower stratum) server.  As a
> result ntpdate views this server as unsuitable for getting time from. 
> The ntpd process is still responding, which is why bb would pass the
> test, but there's still something wrong with the configuration.  Start
> with checking the NTP communication between your NTP server and the
> server it is getting time from.
> 
> Al
> 
> Rich Smrcina wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have an NTP test running against a server.  The ntpdate command that
>>Hobbit issues comes back with this:
>>
>>hobbit1:/etc # ntpdate -u -q -p 2 172.17.1.242
>>server 172.17.1.242, stratum 16, offset 0.150246, delay 0.02640
>>13 Sep 08:07:54 ntpdate[1055]: no server suitable for synchronization
>>found
>>
>>Which turns the icon red.  BB used xntpc against the same machine,
>>which works.  I'm not familiar with ntpdate, what would be causing it
>>to fail?
>>
>>Thanks.
> 
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