# The issue of NTP requests exceeding bandwidth load

**URL:** <https://community.ntppool.org/t/the-issue-of-ntp-requests-exceeding-bandwidth-load/3588>\
**Category:** Server operators\
**Created:** [November 3, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/the-issue-of-ntp-requests-exceeding-bandwidth-load/3588 "2024-11-03T10:32:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![kkursor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/kkursor/32/1539_2.png) [@kkursor](https://community.ntppool.org/u/kkursor)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/the-issue-of-ntp-requests-exceeding-bandwidth-load/3588/20 "2024-11-14T05:39:20Z")

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I began to experience the same stuff at RU zone about a month ago.  
I had NTP service at my home Mikrotik 4011 router for ages and never noticed it, but about a month ago load became enormous, about 1-2 million (!!!) packets per second, using all available bandwidth (500 Mbps).  
I had to block NTP traffic on firewall because it looks as DDoS and my near-enterprise level router starts dropping packets on services I need.

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