# 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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**Author:** ![comperem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/comperem/32/1438_2.png) [@comperem](https://community.ntppool.org/u/comperem)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntp-server-overload-cause/1989/9 "2021-05-09T19:04:09Z")

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and I’m not the first to discover this issue, but these entries are difficult to locate, for example with this subject: 😂 😂 😂

> [@Joining the pool kills my Internet](https://community.ntppool.org/t/joining-the-pool-kills-my-internet/1237/8):
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> root@life-router:~# iptables -t raw -L Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination CT udp – anywhere anywhere udp dpt:ntp CT notrack Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination CT udp – anywhere anywhere udp spt:ntp CT notrack

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