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droesw
Feb 11, 2020Guide
XR500 possibly DDOS attacked?
I had this in the drafts still and forgot to post it about a month ago when it happened.
Earlier today when I was on xbox my entire XR500 router stopped working, and when i looked at it it still had all the lights 1-4 on for the ethernet ports lit white, but then there were only 2 red lights on on the left of the router and I didn't check for sure but I'm pretty sure it was the power light and internet light(so i believe the 2.4 and 5ghz lights were off completely, and it stayed like that for like a minute or so so I just turned off the router and turned it back on, and it worked fine after that. I'm wondering what exactly made it stop working, because I'm positive it wasn't because of my ISP. I'm wondering if I possibly got IP booted or DDOS attacked, because I was in a party with someone I didn't know on Xbox and I just randomly lost connection like that, and my router's never really disconnected in that way before. I looked back in the router logs in the monitoring tab, and noticed this log I posted below. I didn't mark down the exact time the router stopper working, but this log definitely happened within a minute or 2 of when it happened, if not at the exact time. I put dashes for the ip so I don't risk leaking any ip or anything, but is this something that means I was booted or anything? I can post the entire log if you need me to and it is safe to do so.
Also since then it seems like my internet in general has just been really inconsistent which usually has never been much of a problem.
[DoS Attack: SYN/ACK Scan] from source: --.--.--.---, port 32366, Friday, January 24, 2020 19:27:54
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- Netduma_AlexNetDuma Partner
If the wifi lights were the only ones which turned off, it suggests that maybe the WiFi button on the unit was pressed? This disables wifi.