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Joelovinlife
May 03, 2020Aspirant
AC2200 Orbi Router(Dos Attacks - Loss of Service)
So I'm having the popular issue of DOS attacks. I've done some research and see most Netgear Routers report these in their logs. However, I lose internet connection randomly through out the day and al...
tomschmidt
May 03, 2020Virtuoso
If you suspect your router is rebooting due to DDOS attacks, then login to the http://orbilogin.net/debug.htm web interface and check the uptime reported.
- JoelovinlifeMay 03, 2020AspirantYes I did that and I believe it's definitely related time wise but will 1 to 3 dos attacks make the connection drop??
- CrimpOnMay 03, 2020Guru - Experienced User
I monitor two Orbi systems that regularly log over 100 "DoS Attacks" every day. One of them just recently filled the log file every 3 minutes for 8 hours with DoS Attacks, and never went down. This was a sustained rate of 2-3 attacks logged per second for 8 hours.
I do not doubt that something is causing the Orbi to malfunction frequently, but I have serious doubts that a small number of "DoS Attacks" is the cause.
- JoelovinlifeMay 03, 2020AspirantI am thinking the same...thx for the info.
Not sure if its a Netgear thing or maybe a malfunction in the Router.