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LoboTommy
Apr 29, 2019Luminary
DoS Attacks....
So, i read up thaht router is blicking DOS attacks, and that the logs tell me it's doing its job. However, I have found it consistant, that every time router blocks a DOS attack, the mesh looses conn...
CrimpOn
Apr 30, 2019Guru - Experienced User
LoboTommy wrote:
Where is that? Like, here? (See attached picture)
Orbi's web and smartphone apps do not provide a way to enter this information. These commands are entered by using the 'debug' page to enable telnet, opening a telnet session to the router, and then entering these lines. (Most often by copying them from a text file and pasting them into the telnet window.) Since Orbi is built on OpenWRT, which is turn built on a version of Linux, there are dozens of things that someone proficient in Linux can do.
My guess is that 99% of Orbi owners have no idea the debug facility exists and have never used telnet.
LoboTommy
Apr 30, 2019Luminary
So, in simple terms for a common man. What do I do? Step by step....? ;-)