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vt15
Aspirant
Dec 19, 2019

Home security for beginners

Hi,   With the default settings on an orbi router I see my PC which is running mcafee firewall is detecting and blocking connection attempts on various tcp ports. Is there any way to block more ...
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vt15
Aspirant
Dec 20, 2019

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.

I compared the orbi logs and there is no entry at this time in those logs.

So I have events like this coming through to my PC:

The PC x.x.x.x tried to connect to TCP port 55026 on your PC without your permission

 

Various IP addresses are listed like:

49163, 49164, 49166, 49167, 49168, 49169

 

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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 20, 2019
Interesting. Did the report give an actual IP address? (not "x. X. X. X")
The other numbers do not look like IP addresses. They appear to be TCP port numbers.
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    vt15
    Aspirant
    Dec 20, 2019

    Yes, I have about 10-20 events, and each lists IP address.

     

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      CrimpOn
      Guru - Experienced User
      Dec 20, 2019
      Are these IP addresses from the LAN or public addresses?
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      CrimpOn
      Guru - Experienced User
      Dec 20, 2019
      Are these IP addresses from the LAN or public addresses?