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wolfstep
Jun 09, 2016Tutor
My DNS servers of my internet provider are being seen as dos attacks!? I am running a C7000
My internet providers DNS servers are being seen as DOS attacks. Not just a few times but litterally hundreds per day! It is affecting my routers efficiency! It makes no sense what so ever, Here is ...
JaneDoe2
Jun 15, 2016Aspirant
I have a C7000 and I have this same problem. I also tried the opendns servers and the problem still occurs.
- TheEtherJun 15, 2016Guru
Try disabling Port Scan and DoS protection in WAN setup on the router. It disables some extra heuristics, likely buggy, for detecting attacks. Your home network will still be protected by the built-in NAT and firewall functionality.