Unable to automatically set time

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 22:27 -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
> When I attempt to enable the automatic time setting, it will let me get as 
> far as setting the NTP server I want to use, but then it comes up and gives 
> me an error that it can't contact the NTP server. Any suggestions? I *am* 
> behind a DSL router, and if need be, I can put an exception in the firewall 
> to allow NTP, but I shouldn't need to as I think it allows anything 
> *outbound* and restricts *inbound* connections.

Note that some ISPs restrict access to NTP (strange but true). Does NTP
work from some other machine on your network?

Also, you may need to fix filter rules in your router, not just in
Fedora.

poc