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RPHome
Jan 23, 2023Follower
DOS
I am getting these DOS Attach warnings. What is happening? Am I protected? What can I do to stop this? RBRE960 Setup. Thanks, RPHome (See Below) [DoS attack: DoSPortScan] from source...
CrimpOn
Jan 23, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Alas, there is nothing the customer can do to stop people (or robots) on the internet from sending connection requests to any public IP address they want. The log message is the router's internal software saying, "I received a bunch of connection requests from this IP address and they fit a pattern called XXXXX. I rejected all those connection attempts."
Questions:
- How do you prevent people from sending you junk mail?
- How do you prevent people (or robots) from calling your public telephone number and offering to "extend your car warranty" or "upgrade to drought tolerant landscaping"?
- How do you prevent people from ringing your door bell to tell you about Solar panels?
Answer: you can't. Same thing with these random connection attempts.
What you can do is tell the Orbi to stop analyzing and logging them.