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RAXE500 no longer get attack warnings
I've never been so unhappy after purchasing a router as I have been with this RAXE500. But I'll have to live with it now that I've spent the $600 to get it! Yesterday I upgraded the firmware fro...
michaelkenward Netgear have changed the attack logging so I apologise as I was surprised its so different, but it is the way its meant to be now on The RAXE500 as you guessed.
I was given this reply via Netgear. "Engineering comments: Understood and we changed the DoS attack determination rules since there are a lot of false alarms in previous version. It’s the enhancement in v1.2.13.100.
I don’t think it is an issue."Also there is a trial version to cure option 60-61 missing but users with that issue would need to contact Netgear.
GChuck wrote:
Yesterday I upgraded the firmware from V1.0.11.94 to V1.2.13.100. Prior to the upgrade, I kept seeing numerous "attacks" on my network. After the upgrade, no more attacks show up in my logs. So either router is lying or the Internet has suddenly become a much nicer and kinder place? Has anybody else seen this problem with this release.
If you mean DosAttacks, perhaps your experience is a sign of progress and that Netgear is finally getting its act together.
Netgear's firmware is great at creating false reports of DoS attacks. Many of them are no such thing.
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
I now want to comment on Netgear's useless, underpowered app that they continue to hype as the end-all and be-all of router configuration. It is just plain crap and shoulld be avoided at all costs.
Most people follow your advice. The Nighthawk app is there for people who want a simple life, especially when setting up a new device, and then want to use local and Anywhere Access to manage a few basic operations with a mobile device.
Can I roll back this firmware version to either my previous version or to V1.2.12.96 without losing all my settings?
Yes, if you don't reset the router.
If you haven't found it yet, this is a useful tool when playing with a router:
How do I back up the configuration settings on my Orbi WiFi System? - NETGEAR Support
A lot of this is in the manuals.
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Thank you for the response regarding the DOS attack messages.
Now I have one further question. Are these DOS type messages generated by the firmware in the router, or by the Armor software. I reset to factory my router and then reconfigured it but I did not use the Nighthawk app (so hopefully did not enable the Armor software). I did this to allow me to use the “Access Control” settings in the router, which were unavailable as long as the Armor software was enabled. By the way, I did purchase a year’s worth of Armor, but don’t want to enable it until I can figure out if it is useful or not.
GChuck
GChuck wrote:
Now I have one further question. Are these DOS type messages generated by the firmware in the router, or by the Armor software.
We see regular reports here of logs loaded with DOS Attacks even when the router has never seen a whiff of Armor.
By the way, I did purchase a year’s worth of Armor, but don’t want to enable it until I can figure out if it is useful or not.That's for you to decide. I know nothing about Armor. I don't pay for things that I can't see the need for.