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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...
Mstrbig wrote:The Orbi has a habit of finding an overwhelming amout of DDOS attacks.
Correct. The Orbi Netgear router have a habit of finding an overwhelming amount of DDOS attacks.
Most occurrences are false positives, caused by _real_ connection loss on the WAN/Internet side, or caused from clients going to sleep or roaming awy with open TCP sessions.
How would an LOS create the illusion of a DDOS?
OrbiPhilip wrote:
How would an LOS create the illusion of a DDOS?It would be the other way arround overwhelming DDOS attacks causing LOS.
Have you tried checking "Disable Port Scan and Dos Protection", under advanced, setup, WAN setup?
my page is set this way and I get no DDOS reports in log or LOS:
X Disable Port Scan and DoS Protection Default DMZ Server . . . Respond to Ping on Internet Port X Disable IGMP Proxying Auto MTU Size(in bytes) 1500 NAT Filtering Secured Open X Disable SIP ALG
Mstrbig wrote:It would be the other way arround overwhelming DDOS attacks causing LOS.
That would be my expectation as well. I was referring to Schumaku's comment, "Most occurrences are false positives, caused by _real_ connection loss on the WAN/Internet side..."
Mstrbig wrote:
Have you tried checking "Disable Port Scan and Dos Protection", under advanced, setup, WAN setup?
my page is set this way and I get no DDOS reports in log or LOS:
So actual DDOS attacks don't take it down, but the router's attempts to prevent them do? Interesting.
