On Monday 23 October 2006 20:13, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 23 October 2006 04:29, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote: > > Yes, my step-tickers was empty, > > My step-tickers contains three pool addresses, one local network address, > and a line which I don't recognise at all - > > 127.127.1.0 > > Should that be there? If so, what does it mean? It makes no sense to me. > > Anne If you look in /etc/ntp.conf you should see that, that is a reference to the local clock. You shouldn't need to use the local clock if you are referencing Internet time servers, so can delete that one, as well as commenting out the local time server, and fudge in /etc/ntp.conf. for what it's worth, there was a lot of stuff setup in /etc/ntp.conf that wasn't necessary for a home user. All I have now are 3 stratum 2 servers, which I have selected myself, under the "Our Timeservers" section, and the driftfile in /var/lib/ntp/drift. Nigel.