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yagirlchels
Aspirant
May 06, 2021

CONSTANT DOS ATTACKS & DISCONNECTION

[ Spoiler ] For the last two weeks, my internet has been acting up and keeps just randomly disconnecting. Only for a couple of seconds but it happens back to back all day long. Can someone help me u...
carapungo's avatar
carapungo
Aspirant
Nov 04, 2021

were you able to fix this issue?, what was causing it, and what was the solution?

  • microchip8's avatar
    microchip8
    Master
    Nov 04, 2021

    NETGEAR is famously known for many false positives DoS attacks. Their "protection" is virtually useless. I suggest turnning off DoS protection completely off and see if you get a stable device. Myself, I've been running without DoS protection since I bought my router (3.5 years ago) and never had an issue.

    • carapungo's avatar
      carapungo
      Aspirant
      Nov 04, 2021

      Thanks. That's what I did this morning, and now my event log is empty, which I assume is a good thing. I have not seen any connection drops so far.

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Nov 04, 2021

        What NG product do you have? 

        What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 04, 2021

    What NG product do you have? 

    What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?

    carapungo wrote:

    were you able to fix this issue?, what was causing it, and what was the solution?

     

  • yagirlchels's avatar
    yagirlchels
    Aspirant
    Nov 05, 2021

    So, I actually had to contact my ISP (xfinity) and end up getting an entirely new IP address for my router. Nothing else was working. I havent had an issue since then.