It seems Safcon are blocking either outgoing ntp requests, or the responses from the ntp servers from the pool - any ideas on a workaround? ...or does Safcon have an ntp server which is able to respond? (not an ideal solution) fyi... sudo ntpdate -d pool.ntp.org 30 May 09:23:48 ntpdate[3452]: ntpdate 4.2.6p5@1.2349-o Mon Apr 13 13:38:54 UTC 2015 (1) Looking for host pool.ntp.org and service ntp host found : 196.49.6.67 transmit(196.49.6.67) transmit(146.231.129.86) transmit(41.79.80.34) transmit(197.82.150.123) transmit(196.49.6.67) transmit(146.231.129.86) transmit(41.79.80.34) transmit(197.82.150.123) transmit(196.49.6.67) transmit(146.231.129.86) transmit(41.79.80.34) transmit(197.82.150.123) transmit(196.49.6.67) transmit(146.231.129.86) transmit(41.79.80.34) transmit(197.82.150.123) transmit(196.49.6.67) transmit(146.231.129.86) transmit(41.79.80.34) transmit(197.82.150.123) 196.49.6.67: Server dropped: no data 146.231.129.86: Server dropped: no data 41.79.80.34: Server dropped: no data 197.82.150.123: Server dropped: no data Cheers, -- Tony White