ntp-server broken on dapper?

[Brian McKee]

On 13/03/07, Kristian Rink <kristian at zimmer428.net> wrote:
> Folks;
> trying to set up a local NTP server using the ntp-server package on
> Dapper, so far I constantly fail:
>

Just a thought - does ntpdate -d help?
Here's two examples - one a working ntpd server the other one not...

I haven't tried to set up a server using Ubuntu yet so I'm no help there.
Firewall maybe?

HTH
Brian

==> /usr/sbin/ntpdate -d 192.168.1.2
14 Mar 11:31:36 ntpdate[23782]: ntpdate 4.2.0 at 1.1161-r Thu Sep 30
15:06:19 CEST 2004 (1)
Looking for host 192.168.1.2 and service ntp
host found : theFQDN.of.the.host.should.be.here
transmit(192.168.1.2)
receive(192.168.1.2)
transmit(192.168.1.2)
receive(192.168.1.2)
transmit(192.168.1.2)
receive(192.168.1.2)
transmit(192.168.1.2)
receive(192.168.1.2)
transmit(192.168.1.2)
server 192.168.1.2, port 123
stratum 4, precision -17, leap 00, trust 000
refid [192.168.1.2], delay 0.02574, dispersion 0.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    c9a2926f.450ba626  Wed, Mar 14 2007 11:25:35.269
originate timestamp: c9a293d8.5688051c  Wed, Mar 14 2007 11:31:36.338
transmit timestamp:  c9a293d8.568815e3  Wed, Mar 14 2007 11:31:36.338
filter delay:  0.02582  0.02574  0.02574  0.02576
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000
filter offset: -0.00010 -0.00009 -0.00008 -0.00008
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.02574, dispersion 0.00000
offset -0.000090

14 Mar 11:31:36 ntpdate[23782]: adjust time server 192.168.1.2 offset
-0.000090 sec

==> /usr/sbin/ntpdate -d 192.168.1.100
14 Mar 11:32:07 ntpdate[23795]: ntpdate 4.2.0 at 1.1161-r Thu Sep 30
15:06:19 CEST 2004 (1)
Looking for host 192.168.1.100 and service ntp
host found :  theFQDN.of.the.host.should.be.here
transmit(192.168.1.100)
transmit(192.168.1.100)
transmit(192.168.1.100)
transmit(192.168.1.100)
transmit(192.168.1.100)
192.168.1.100: Server dropped: no data
server 192.168.1.100, port 123
stratum 0, precision 0, leap 00, trust 000
refid [192.168.1.100], delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    00000000.00000000  Thu, Feb  7 2036  1:28:16.000
originate timestamp: 00000000.00000000  Thu, Feb  7 2036  1:28:16.000
transmit timestamp:  c9a293fa.321c79b3  Wed, Mar 14 2007 11:32:10.195
filter delay:  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000
filter offset: 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000
offset 0.000000

14 Mar 11:32:11 ntpdate[23795]: no server suitable for synchronization found