> ntpd -s will time out eventually, but the 'eventually' might be

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> painfully far away. it's the dns routines that block and cause these

> problems. i know how to fix this but haven't found the time to do so

> yet. maybe i get a chance on the flight later today. maybe.

?"DNS routines" means that the problem only appears if you use a ntp

server with DNS? ?Can you avoid the problem if you use an IP directly

instead of DNS record?
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Thanks,

Jordi Espasa Clofent