Error when trying sync time using ntp

[Chris Gow]

On January 10, 2005 11:16 am, Taavi Burns wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:37:04 -0500, Chris Gow <sniffy-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I've started to get really annoyed at my laptop continously having the
> > wrong time, so I've decided to sync it using ntp. However, whenever I run
> > ntpdate tick.utoronto.ca, I get the following error message:
> >
> > ntpdate[3492]: no server suitable for synchronization found
>
> Be sure that you don't have a firewall blocking ntp packets (even if
> it's passing
> ping packets).  I can't update to any external time servers when I'm at
> work; I MUST use an internal timeserver, or it bugs out with precisely this
> message.

That's what I am thinking (I do have a fw). But the fact that running ntpdate 
-q [timeserver] throws me for a loop. Because that works. Or does a query 
(which I am guessing -q stands for) run over something else?

-- chris
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