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srh2110
Aspirant
Sep 22, 2019

HELP/ADVICE De-bugging Attacks on Nighthawk AC1900 (Showing Logs)

Hi -   I have unusual bandwidth activity on my Comcast account (over 1TB this month when normal monthly usage is 300GB) and so I have been spending hours trying to both troubleshoot devices as well...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 23, 2019

"DOS protoection, respond to pings, etc.) are UNCHECKED" When you say unchecked, Does this mean there disabled in the UI or enabled? Recommended to enabled these security features. 

 

Contact your ISP and have them change your WAN IP address. 

Turn OFF ALL devices on your LAN side for say before going to bed. Look at your data used before. Then look again the next morning to see if you notice anything. Hopefully rule out any LAN side device using bandwdith. 

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    srh2110
    Aspirant
    Sep 23, 2019

    Thanks FURRYe38 for your reply. What I meant is that in my Netgear Genie UI the "Disable" radio button is unchecked, which I assume means (with the double negative) that it is in fact, enabled? (image attached)

     

    Thanks for your other suggestions. I will try that. 

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      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Sep 23, 2019

      Yes, you are correct.