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On Tuesday 26 September 2006 14:05, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> |
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> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:28:28 +0100 Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> |
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> |
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> wrote: |
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> > Hmm, for some reason my ISP's ntp server does not work with my Gentoo |
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> > (it works with WinXP): |
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> > [...] |
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> > What's this "port time unreachable" message - the rdate command times |
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> > out of course. |
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> Well, the "time" port (37 tcp/udp) is not reachable. rdate is _NOT_ |
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> ntp. ntp port would be 123. And you need an ntp client, which rdate is |
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> not. Some ntp servers offer also the classic "time" service, but that's |
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> not a requirement. |
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Thank you. It's clear to me know. I got confused because rdate will happily |
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connect to other ntp servers (e.g. ntp.demon.co.uk) but as you say some still |
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provide the time service. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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