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DOS Attacks - Cause Router to Reset
My modem/router(firmware version is V2.02.08 and model is N600(C3700-100NAS)) randomly resets when it gets pinged with various DOS attacks like
'DoS attack: Ping Of Death'
'DoS attack: Teardr...
Ok, I've unchecked the 'Disable Port Scan and DoS Protection' box on the setup page. Factory settings defaulted this to being checked - why?
After unchecking 'Disable Port Scan and DoS Protection', I'm now I'm seeing this in the logs 'DoS attack: TCP- or UDP-based Port Scan'. Again the source and target ip addresses are non-US various countries.
It hasn't caused a reboot yet but what is this? My ISP is Time Warner.
Hello wifi99
Have you given your IP address out to anyone or do you run some type of server in your home that people connect to? You may want to talk to TWC internet support to try and get you a New Ip address or leave your modem unplugged for a day or 2 if possible so it assigns a new ip address to the modem.
DarrenM
