Subject: Re: ntp problem
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/11/2004 21:28:38
In article <20040311174422.GA859@sanctum.takilma.net>,
Ben Collver <collver1@comcast.net> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>In the past I could use NetBSD's ntpd as a time server for the NTP client
>built in to Windows XP.  Since then I've applied a service pack to Windows
>XP, and I've upgraded the i386 box to NetBSD 1.6ZK.  Now I can't update the
>Windows clock from the NetBSD ntpd.  Nothing has changed in /etc/ntp.conf.
>There are no NTP messages in /var/log/messages.
>
>The error message I get is:
>
>An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with gatekeeper.  The
>time sample was rejected because: The peer's stratum is less than the
>hosts's stratum.
>
>My /etc/ntp.conf is:
>
>pidfile         /var/run/ntpd.pid
>driftfile       /var/db/ntp.drift
>logconfig       -syncstatus
>server  clocktower.orst.edu
>server  ntp.uoregon.edu
>server  bigben.cac.washington.edu
>server  time.mit.edu
>
>Does anyone else use NetBSD's ntpd with Windows XP's NTP client?
>

Read the mail I sent a while ago to current-users.

christos