>>> Gentoo unstable is on 1.1.0j. Stable is on 1.0.2r. =20 >> I'd expect that case to work. > Me too. I have 1.1.0j (Debian) talking to 1.0.2o (FreeBSD) Works. >> Do you get an interesting error message? >Nope. The client gets the 8 cookies, but the NTPD fails, silently. Does the 8 count down? -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.