(Sorry about mis-reading the first one.) Götz Reinicke said: > Now I get: > > [root@dali root]# ntpdate -d 172.17.1.251 > 17 Feb 15:35:14 ntpdate[2097]: ntpdate 4.1.2@xxxxx Tue Feb 17 14:28:09 > CET 2004 (1) > transmit(172.17.1.251) > receive(172.17.1.251) > transmit(172.17.1.251) > receive(172.17.1.251) > transmit(172.17.1.251) > receive(172.17.1.251) > transmit(172.17.1.251) > receive(172.17.1.251) > transmit(172.17.1.251) > 172.17.1.251: Server dropped: strata too high > server 172.17.1.251, port 123 > stratum 16, precision -16, leap 11, trust 000 I don't think your 172.17.1.251 is syncing correctly (assuming you have waited a while after starting ntpd on it). -- William Hooper