ntpd just sits there and does nothing

[Vivek Khera]

On Jul 20, 2007, at 3:37 AM, Stefan Lambrev wrote:

> Other problem that I see is if you are behind NAT/firewall.
> Because ntpd make a request and wait for response on different  
> port, so check your firewall configuration and blocked packets.

we have zero problems with ntpd behind a NAT firewall.  The firewall  
has no special rules for ntp, but does 1:1 map the NTP server.