The key word in that statement was "probably". Many residential NAT routers track UDP flows in their session tables, and many residential NAT routers have relatively small session tables. As such, many residential NAT routers are not able to handle the flows resulting from running an NTP server in the pool.
This does not apply to every residential NAT router, but it does apply to many of them. If your router is able to handle the traffic without problems, then, obviously, it won't be a problem for you. Sincerely, Rusty Dekema On 9/12/07, Eugene Smiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > > Piers Kittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I decided to contribute my server towards the project. I have set up > >> the software, and seemed to work fine. I forwarded UDP port 123 to my > >> server and the server management system seemed happy with my server. > >> Then my server got a score over 5, my internet access slowed down > >> greatly, so much that it was barely usable. [...] > > > > It's probably not a good idea to run an open access NTP server behind a > > NATing residential router. > > Um... Says who? I've been doing it for 2 years with no issues. > _______________________________________________ > timekeepers mailing list > [email protected] > https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers > _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
