On Wed 2007-09-12 at 13:23, Rusty Dekema wrote:

> On 9/12/07, Eugene Smiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> Many residential NAT routers track UDP flows in their session tables,
> and many residential NAT routers have relatively small session tables.
[..]
> 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.

And maybe we could name home routers which work and don't work for a pool
ntp server. That could save some future participants some headaches.

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