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Dos Attacks on NightHawk AC3200 Model C7800
We are having so many problems with our new router. Looking at the Log I see this DOS Attacks: [DoS attack: Echo char gen] from source: 83.97.20.35, port 51723, Thu, May 07, 2020 21:17:03 [DoS a...
I've also had bouts of DoS attacks. I'm making the recommended changes in this thread, but we do have a gaming system. What should I do in addition to the other suggestions?
Just FYI, I was told by a network engineer that DoS attacks are successful blocks by the router. So they don't mean someone got it, it means your router did its job and blocked the attempt.
However, it does overwhelm my bandwidth at times and I lose my Internet connection.
indiragrimes wrote:
However, it does overwhelm my bandwidth at times and I lose my Internet connection.
That may be the processor in the router flogging itself to death as it writes the events to logs.
Disabling that logging does not lower your defences. It does take the strain off the processor.
