WNCE 3001 Thousands of DHCP requests to time-g.netgear.com

[Spotter]

Hi All, i hope this is the correct forum.

I am hoping that somebody can help with my problem.

I recently set up Open DNS, out of interest more than anything , so i could see the traffic going via my router and the top of the list is to time-g.netgear.com , I think it says time-g but it could be time-a, and there have been thousands of requests, basically once a second.

I can also see the DHCP requests on my router log but it doesnt show the domain name.

i have updated the firmware which didn't help, cany anyone give any advice please?

It is connected to my Zyxel Router and I connect the WNCE3001 o an FS105 switch to run my tv and other devices but the DHCP requests still heppen if i disconnect the switch.

[JamesGL]

Hi Spotter,

The time-g.netgear.com is the NTP server of NETGEAR. It is normal since NETGEAR devices is connecting or requesting time update through the NTP server.

[JamesGL]

Hi Spotter,

We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.

[Spotter]

Hi, Thanks for the reply, sorry i missed it.

Is it normal to be making thousands of requests a day though, surely it doesnt need to check the time that often? 

It totally clogs up my router Log when i am trying to view what other connections are being made as all i get are pages of the netgear request.

Can I turn it off ?

Thanks

[Spotter]

To be more precise, in a 2 hour 20 minute window i have 1712 DHCP requests that look like the below, that cant be right can it ?

2017 Jun 28 19:01:40 DHCP server notice Send DHCP OFFER to EC:71:DB:EA:4B:79 with IP 192.168.1.2 

2017 Jun 28 19:01:40 DHCP server notice Receive DHCP DISCOVER from EC:71:DB:EA:4B:79

[sktn77a]

Not familiar with the WNCE3001 but there should be an option in the setup to turn off getting time from the netgear server which, like a lot of other netgear services, no longer exists.

[Spotter]

Thanks for the reply, i searched all through the settings and couldn't find an option to turn it off.

i am wodering if it is making that many requests it is actually slowing down my connection speed

[sktn77a]

Try a speedtest and ping with the WNCE3001 connected and then disconnected.  

[Spotter]

Will give that a try, thanks