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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.
I have the same issue, but when there are no port scans showing (there are every day) I used Gibsons very old firewall scanner which always sets off that warning, nope. all attack warnings no longer appear, now while its nice not to see Netgears paranoid firewall throwing up them, they do happen and this firmware has introduced a bug where they don't show up at all, and yes that's after a factory reset as well.
Also what happened to all the DHCP 60-61 issues people where having, if you search it on Google it shows up, but there is no link when clicked on, like its been removed? This firmware seems a bit of a mess, and the last one had issues for almost a year. Not great whatsoever.
Thanks for that answer. It's what I thought. I think I might revert my router back to my previous version (1.0.10.86) and then upgrade it to V1.0.12.96 to see what else breaks. This is my first (and probably last) Netgear router. Can't say I'm impressed!
GChuck
All routers have bugs, don't let this put you off, the RAXE500 is a capable router, speedtest over PPPoE was broken in V1.0.12.96 and you cant use 40Mhz on 2.4Ghz (which you should not be anyway) I had no issues with that firmware for a year. I'm staying on this latest one, I've seen this bug on the RAX120 years back and with some of the other issues Netgear will get this fixed, but if you want run V1.0.12.96 just keep an eye out for possible security updates that means running 1.2.13.100. Also the router is blocking port scans and etc its just not logging them and many people turn the logging of that event off as its annoying but you still have the protection, after all its only a log. The router is still working as it should to protect you and this version although with a few bugs has a lot of fixes too. Id rather stay up to date for security than roll back and be vulnerable. the version you were running was quite old, its best to stay up to date for your own protection if possible. Netgear are aware of the issues. If they pulled the posts to option 60-61 not working (not saying they did) I would say these told people to roll back who use that option and will get it fixed.
Thanks for that reply. I have decided to stay with version 1.2.13.100 for a while just to see how long it take Netgear to fix the two issues I'm seeing (not logging attacks and 6G devices not showing).
I also seem a little more comfortable with the router now that I have removed the Armor portion. I can again see (and control) who gets access to my network without having to try and get it to work with the underpowered and basically useless Armor app.
I do like the speed though. Getting gigabit throughput on both my desktops. One running an Intel AX-201 and the other an Intel AX-210. I did think I would get better throughput on the 210, but both machines getting about the same!
Will keep experimenting with the device settings to see what else it is capable of doing.
Thanks again.
GChuck
GChuck wrote:
I have decided to stay with version 1.2.13.100 for a while just to see how long it take Netgear to fix the two issues I'm seeing (not logging attacks and 6G devices not showing).
Which issue is that?
The one about "not logging attacks" is not an "issue". The problem was that it logged attacks that weren't real. So, that is a fixed issue for many people. Are you saying that you want to see those false reports?
As to 6 GHz devices, what is the issue there? Are they connected and not visible? Or can you see them and they don't say "6 GHz"?
