Simple ntp setup, but network issue

Greetings -

I am still working (when I have spare time) on diagnosing my problem communicating with an ntp server. As people helpfully pointed out to me last week, from my ntpq results (see below) it appears that I have a network communication problem and I should do some type of network trace to see what is occurring.

[root@Bison root]# ntpq -p
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset
jitter
==============================================================================
rainforest.neor 0.0.0.0 16 u - 1024 0 0.000 0.000
4000.00
*LOCAL(0) LOCAL(0) 10 l 21 64 377 0.000 0.000
0.008

A partial listing of the tcpdump showing three pings and starting the ntp service is below. I don't know how to interpret all of this, but am assuming that the two lines I have marked indicate my problem. I am not sure exactly what this tells me or how to fix it, so I am hoping to get some experienced guidance from the list here. The address 192.168.112.10 is my dsl modem which serves as my network gateway, bison is my linux server.

Partial output of tcpdump
Sent 3 Pings to rainforest.neorack.com
11:31:41.839155 bison > rainforest.neorack.com: icmp: echo request (DF)
11:31:41.840913 jeff.1651 > bison.ssh: P 208:260(52) ack 221 win 65179 (DF)
11:31:41.880647 bison.ssh > jeff.1651: . ack 260 win 8576 (DF) [tos 0x10]
*** 11:31:42.150646 arp who-has 192.168.112.10 tell bison
*** 11:31:42.150939 arp reply 192.168.112.10 is-at 0:15:5:4f:ec:6f
11:31:42.850665 bison > rainforest.neorack.com: icmp: echo request (DF)
11:31:43.163271 0.00:40:8c:55:57:34.4000 > 0.ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.452:ipx-sap-req 4
11:31:43.850660 bison > rainforest.neorack.com: icmp: echo request (DF)
11:31:44.162307 0.00:40:8c:55:57:34.4000 > 0.ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.452:ipx-sap-req 4
11:31:45.162242 0.00:40:8c:55:57:34.4000 > 0.ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.452:ipx-sap-req 4

Started ntp service
11:32:02.030685 bison.ntp > rainforest.neorack.com.ntp: v4 client strat 0 poll 4 prec -6 (DF)
11:32:02.102846 jeff.1661 > bison.10000: . ack 9983 win 65497 (DF)
11:32:03.030690 bison.ntp > rainforest.neorack.com.ntp: v4 client strat 0 poll 4 prec -6 (DF)
11:32:04.030667 bison.ntp > rainforest.neorack.com.ntp: v4 client strat 0 poll 4 prec -6 (DF)
11:32:05.030668 bison.ntp > rainforest.neorack.com.ntp: v4 client strat 0 poll 4 prec -6 (DF)
11:32:06.030670 bison.ntp > rainforest.neorack.com.ntp: v4 client strat 0 poll 4 prec -6 (DF)
11:32:07.030662 bison.ntp > rainforest.neorack.com.ntp: v4 client strat 0 poll 4 prec -6 (DF)
11:32:08.030670 bison.ntp > rainforest.neorack.com.ntp: v4 client strat 0 poll 4 prec -6 (DF)
11:32:09.030669 bison.ntp > rainforest.neorack.com.ntp: v4 client strat 0 poll 4 prec -6 (DF)

I don't know if I need to make a configuration change in my linux server or in my gateway dsl box (an ActionTec appliance from Qwest). Below is the routing table and the hosts file for my server, if that helps. I also have the option of setting up Static Routes or Port Forwarding on the software in the dsl appliance, but I don't know what needs to be changed or the most appropriate place to change the configuration if there are options. Advice on this issue would be most appreciated, especially if I can learn something new that prevents me from running into similar problems in the future. I am a novice linux administrator so please give me the basics with some explanation. Thanks.

[jeffb@Bison jeffb]$ netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.112.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.112.10 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 bison localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.112.1 bison
192.168.112.105 jeff
192.168.112.100 pamk


Jeff Boyce
www.meridianenv.com

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