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I've been getting the so called attacks since first using a netgear router
I've been getting the so called attacks since first using a netgear router, I am on my second unit. The problems begin when there is a sluggish loading of tabs and pages, often timing out and then total failure of internet connection. Sometimes a soft rebooting of the router and ISP service helps. This last time, though, seems to have required a factory reset of the router (less than two years old). It is quite the hastle to reprogram things; this is just with DoS attacks and with ACK_Scan and SYN_flood. . .
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Please note that my router has no option to turn off the actual Firewall that protects the Netgear router. The option is to stop analyzing attempted connections and writing things to the log file.
The problems begin when there is a sluggish loading of tabs and pages, often timing out and then total failure of internet connection.
I am thinking that this is not a result of the detection/logging. This sounds more like an actual denial of service attack.
Have you tried CrimpOn's suggestion to turn off the DoS protection?
Also makes it hard to load into another VPN, rather than Netgear VPN
Please explain this in more detail.
It would be useful to know which specific Netgear router this is. New users are often confused by a feature of some Netgear routers:
By default, Netgear routers simply ignore all attempts to connect from the internet. There is a feature to look at connection attempts to see if they fit a known pattern and write an entry to the router log file . If the "Disable" button is selected, then this feature no longer functions. However, whether they are recorded in the log or not, non of these connections are ever accepted. As far as people on the internet can detect, their attempt to connect just "disappears". It does not succeed, nor is it rejected. Gibson Research calls this "stealth".
These connections attempts affect every router from every brand.
Also makes it hard to load into another VPN, rather than Netgear VPN.
