diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryHelper.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryHelper.java
index 1fc6c31b7..516855e2d 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryHelper.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryHelper.java
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ public class SummaryHelper extends HelperBase {
             return DataHelper.formatDuration(router.getUptime());
     }
     
+/**
+    this displayed offset, not skew - now handled in reachability()
+
     private String timeSkew() {
         if (_context == null) return "";
         //if (!_context.clock().getUpdatedSuccessfully())
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ public class SummaryHelper extends HelperBase {
             return "";
         return " (" + DataHelper.formatDuration(diff) + " " + _("skew") + ")";
     }
+**/
     
     public boolean allowReseed() {
         return _context.netDb().isInitialized() &&
@@ -83,15 +87,20 @@ public class SummaryHelper extends HelperBase {
     public int getAllPeers() { return Math.max(_context.netDb().getKnownRouters() - 1, 0); }
     
     public String getReachability() {
-        return reachability() + timeSkew();
+        return reachability(); // + timeSkew();
     }
 
     private String reachability() {
         if (_context.router().getUptime() > 60*1000 && (!_context.router().gracefulShutdownInProgress()) &&
             !_context.clientManager().isAlive())
             return _("ERR-Client Manager I2CP Error - check logs");  // not a router problem but the user should know
-        if (!_context.clock().getUpdatedSuccessfully())
-            return _("ERR-ClockSkew");
+        // Warn based on actual skew from peers, not update status, so if we successfully offset
+        // the clock, we don't complain.
+        //if (!_context.clock().getUpdatedSuccessfully())
+        Long skew = _context.commSystem().getFramedAveragePeerClockSkew(33);
+        // Display the actual skew, not the offset
+        if (skew != null && Math.abs(skew.longValue()) > 45)
+            return _("ERR-Clock Skew of {0}", DataHelper.formatDuration(Math.abs(skew.longValue()) * 1000));
         if (_context.router().isHidden())
             return _("Hidden");
 
@@ -118,7 +127,9 @@ public class SummaryHelper extends HelperBase {
             default:
                 ra = _context.router().getRouterInfo().getTargetAddress("SSU");
                 if (ra == null && _context.router().getUptime() > 5*60*1000) {
-                    if (_context.getProperty(ConfigNetHelper.PROP_I2NP_NTCP_HOSTNAME) == null ||
+                    if (getActivePeers() <= 0)
+                        return _("ERR-No Active Peers, Check Network Connection and Firewall");
+                    else if (_context.getProperty(ConfigNetHelper.PROP_I2NP_NTCP_HOSTNAME) == null ||
                         _context.getProperty(ConfigNetHelper.PROP_I2NP_NTCP_PORT) == null)
                         return _("ERR-UDP Disabled and Inbound TCP host/port not set");
                     else
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/CommSystemFacadeImpl.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/CommSystemFacadeImpl.java
index 6a7eaca84..f1460b9f7 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/CommSystemFacadeImpl.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/CommSystemFacadeImpl.java
@@ -77,31 +77,26 @@ public class CommSystemFacadeImpl extends CommSystemFacade {
     public boolean haveHighOutboundCapacity() { return (_manager == null ? false : _manager.haveHighOutboundCapacity()); } 
     
     /**
-     * Framed average clock skew of connected peers in seconds, or null if we cannot answer.
+     * Framed average clock skew of connected peers in seconds, or the clock offset if we cannot answer.
      * Average is calculated over the middle "percentToInclude" peers.
      */
     @Override
     public Long getFramedAveragePeerClockSkew(int percentToInclude) {
         if (_manager == null) {
-            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.INFO))
-                _log.info("Returning null for framed averege peer clock skew (no transport manager)!");
-            return null;
+            // round toward zero
+            return Long.valueOf(_context.clock().getOffset() / 1000);
         }
         Vector skews = _manager.getClockSkews();
         if (skews == null) {
-            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.ERROR))
-                _log.error("Returning null for framed average peer clock skew (no data)!");
-            return null;
+            return Long.valueOf(_context.clock().getOffset() / 1000);
         }
-        if (skews.size() < 20) {
-            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.WARN))
-                _log.warn("Returning null for framed average peer clock skew (only " + skews.size() + " peers)!");
-            return null;
+        if (skews.size() < 5) {
+            return Long.valueOf(_context.clock().getOffset() / 1000);
         }
         // Going to calculate, sort them
         Collections.sort(skews);
         // Calculate frame size
-        int frameSize = (skews.size() * percentToInclude / 100);
+        int frameSize = Math.min((skews.size() * percentToInclude / 100), 2);
         int first = (skews.size() / 2) - (frameSize / 2);
         int last = (skews.size() / 2) + (frameSize / 2);
         // Sum skew values
@@ -112,11 +107,8 @@ public class CommSystemFacadeImpl extends CommSystemFacade {
                 _log.debug("Adding clock skew " + i + " valued " + value + " s.");
             sum = sum + value;
         }
-        // Calculate average
-        Long framedAverageClockSkew = new Long(sum / frameSize);
-        if (_log.shouldLog(Log.INFO))
-            _log.info("Our framed average peer clock skew is " + framedAverageClockSkew + " s.");
-        return framedAverageClockSkew;
+        // Calculate average (round toward zero)
+        return Long.valueOf(sum / frameSize);
     }
     
     public List getBids(OutNetMessage msg) {