# FTL issues: Connection refused. Is FTL running?

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**Created:** [March 14, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/ftl-issues-connection-refused-is-ftl-running/7962 "2018-03-14T01:31:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dehakkelaar/32/674_2.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deHakkelaar)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/ftl-issues-connection-refused-is-ftl-running/7962/4 "2018-03-14T16:44:47Z")

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> [@outofcontrol](#):
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> `Mar 14 01:59:55 dnsmasq[22238]: 11876 192.168.1.1/14562 query[A] time.nist.gov from 192.168.1.1`

About those loggings, if you setup your network like described in below link, you wont see those NTP time sync queries coming from (probably?) your router 192.168.1.1 no more:

> [@How do I configure my devices to use Pi-hole as their DNS server?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-configure-my-devices-to-use-pi-hole-as-their-dns-server/245):
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> Three methods Generally, there are three different methods that will enable devices on your network to be protected by Pi-hole. 1. Define Pi-hole's IP address as the only DNS entry in the router Rationale Only is italicized here for a reason: Pi-hole needs to be the only DNS server because it intercepts queries and decides whether or not they should be blocked. If you have other DNS servers configured, you may be sent to the correct domain, bypassing Pi-hole completely. Because of this, we re…

And about size of the pihole.log file, yes its exceptionally big compared to mine which is only 2.5MB.  
But that is to be expected if your router queries Pi-hole that many times a second probably to sync its clock via the NTP protocol.  
I dont know what limitations are concerning log size and pihole-FTL.

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