# Ntp server overload cause?

**URL:** <https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntp-server-overload-cause/1989>\
**Category:** Server operators\
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntp-server-overload-cause/1989 "2021-04-30T13:36:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntp-server-overload-cause/1989/12 "2021-08-23T03:24:38Z")

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bah to both of these posts. My home cable connection works great and serves time to thousands of requests per day. my ip address hasn’t changed in a over year.

there’s no major issue with adding a home router to the pool. the limit I’ve discovered is a cap on max number of ntp requests per second. it’s an issue related to iptables requirement for connecting tracking with nat. [nftables has a way to selectively eliminate tracking for port 123](https://community.ntppool.org/t/joining-the-pool-kills-my-internet/1237/21) but I’m waiting for the new openwrt version 21 to stabilize before pursuing.

for now it works great and I keep the traffic setting at 10Mbits/s on the pool server settings. I get between 80 and 200 NTP requests per second and it works great.

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