Hi,

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:28:28 +0100 Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hmm, for some reason my ISP's ntp server does not work with my Gentoo
> (it works with WinXP):
> [...]
> What's this "port time unreachable" message - the rdate command times
> out of course.

Well, the "time" port (37 tcp/udp) is not reachable. rdate is _NOT_
ntp. ntp port would be 123. And you need an ntp client, which rdate is
not. Some ntp servers offer also the classic "time" service, but that's
not a requirement.

-hwh
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