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[DoS Attack: IP Spoofing] from source: Router IP
I have just started receiving [DoS Attack: IP Spoofing] from source: 192.168.0.1 messages in the ORBI RBR350 log, although I have had the Orbi for about 9 month I have only just started using it as a...
Flase positive. 95% of all reported "attacks" are invalid. NETGEAR is famous about that. Turn off logging or turn off DoS protection completely. It's a waste of resources.
microchip8 wrote:
Flase positive. 95% of all reported "attacks" are invalid. NETGEAR is famous about that.Spot on.
Search - NETGEAR Communities – DoS attacks
Use Whois.net to see who is behind some of them and you may find that they are from places like Facebook, Google, even your ISP.
Here is a useful tool for that task:
IPNetInfo: Retrieve IP Address Information from WHOIS servers
If these events are slowing down your router, that may be because it is using up processor time as it writes the events to your logs. Anything that uses processor power – event logging, QoS management, traffic metering – may cause slowdowns. Disable logging of DoS attacks and see if that reduces the problem. This does not prevent the router from protecting you from the outside world.
