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Date:      Wed, 01 Dec 1999 00:33:50 -0800
From:      Joe Bo <ibjoe@home.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   time synching PCs to FreeBSD machine
Message-ID:  <2.2.32.19991201083350.00e13ae0@mail>

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Hi. I am runnng FreeBSD v3.2 on a 486 machine.

It has 2 network cards, one on the internet and one on my private net.
I use natd and ipfw.

The FreeBSD machine keeps time set with ntpdate (not ntpd) to a local
server on a regular basis using cron.

I want my PCs on my private net to sync their time to my FreeBSD
machine. I found plenty of PC programs, I picked NetTime. These
programs typically say the server should be "RFC868" compliant.

So for a FreeBSD timeserver I start timed. like:
timed -M -F (my_FreeBSD_machine_name) -n (my_net_name)
This works OK, I get a message "this machine is master".
And ps ax shows it is running ok.

But the PC program says "can not get time from this server". I know
the PC program works because it works with other servers on the internet.
Sometimes I get a message:
/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP (my_host_ip):37 from (my_PC_ip):nnnn
(I do have log_in_vain turned on).

I'm no UNIX expert and I've been banging my head on the wall about this
for a few days now, so I sure could use some help. If anyone has any ideas
about this I'd appreciate it much!

Thanks,

Joe Bo



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