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Ntpdate not synching with w32time on Windows XP

Hi all. I'm new to this forum and Linux in general. Last month I ran into a problem at work and never got around to solving it.

We have an old Linux workstation that synchs its time to a Windows XP machine running w32time. The version of ntpdate is 4.2.0.a running on Linux kernel 2.6.17.6. It is able to synch with the XP ntp server without any problems.

Now here is my issue... We are purchasing a new RHEL workstation (6.4) with ntpdate 4.2.4p8 installed and can't get it to synch with the same XP ntp server. We are able to get it to synch with w32time running on Windows Server 2000. However, switching to Windows Server 2000 is not an option because the applications we developed work on XP only.

Below is the verbose response from the ntpdate command.

Any help is appreciated. We don't have the new workstation on hand at the moment (the testing was done on a loaner unit from the manufacturer that we had to send back) so if you can replicate the setup and get it working that would be awesome.

Edit: edited to add that the systems are on a standalone, offline network. The actual time does not have to be accurate, but they all need to be synched to the XP system clock.

Thanks,
Albert

Windows XP Time Server
Code:
 
[root@galleon ~]# ntpdate -vd 192.168.1.50
21 Mar 10:55:06 ntpdate[2181]: ntpdate 4.2.4p8@1.1612-o Thu Jan 10 15:17:41 UTC 2013 (1)
Looking for host 192.168.1.50 and service ntp
host found : 192.168.1.50
transmit(192.168.1.50)
transmit(192.168.1.50)
transmit(192.168.1.50)
transmit(192.168.1.50)
transmit(192.168.1.50)
192.168.1.50: Server dropped: no data
server 192.168.1.50, port 123
stratum 0, precision 0, leap 00, trust 000
refid [192.168.1.50], delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time: 00000000.00000000 Thu, Feb 7 2036 1:28:16.000
originate timestamp: 00000000.00000000 Thu, Feb 7 2036 1:28:16.000
transmit timestamp: d6d6d14d.e77f0231 Fri, Mar 21 2014 10:55:09.904
filter delay: 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 
filter offset: 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000
offset 0.000000
21 Mar 10:55:10 ntpdate[2181]: no server suitable for synchronization found

Windows 2008 Time Server
Code:
 
[root@galleon ~]# ntpdate -vd 192.168.1.102
21 Mar 10:55:25 ntpdate[2182]: ntpdate 4.2.4p8@1.1612-o Thu Jan 10 15:17:41 UTC 2013 (1)
Looking for host 192.168.1.102 and service ntp
host found : 192.168.1.102
transmit(192.168.1.102)
receive(192.168.1.102)
transmit(192.168.1.102)
receive(192.168.1.102)
transmit(192.168.1.102)
receive(192.168.1.102)
transmit(192.168.1.102)
receive(192.168.1.102)
transmit(192.168.1.102)
server 192.168.1.102, port 123
stratum 1, precision -6, leap 00, trust 000
refid [LOCL], delay 0.04161, dispersion 0.00031
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time: d6d6cef1.b78d4fdf Fri, Mar 21 2014 10:45:05.717
originate timestamp: d6d6d15d.b22d0e56 Fri, Mar 21 2014 10:55:25.696
transmit timestamp: d6d6d15d.c9666c86 Fri, Mar 21 2014 10:55:25.786
filter delay: 0.04274 0.04176 0.04166 0.04161 
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 
filter offset: -0.09092 -0.09097 -0.09148 -0.09090
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.04161, dispersion 0.00031
offset -0.090903
21 Mar 10:55:25 ntpdate[2182]: adjust time server 192.168.1.102 offset -0.090903 sec


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