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Dos attack/back door?
[admin login] from source 192.168.1.2, Thursday, May 12, 2022 18:16:35 [admin login] from source 192.168.1.2, Thursday, May 12, 2022 18:15:54 [DoS attack:ACK_Scan] from source: 185.151.107.102,port...
That IP is my phone, also when those attacks happen my whole internet service cuts out for 20-30 seconds
Disable DoS protection. 99% of time these are false positives. I've been running for years without DoS protection and never had issues
Even if they're from Ukraine and messing up my internet?
It's the "DoS protection" that is cutting your Internet, not Ukraine. They're just scanning. Happens to all every time
microchip8 wrote:
It's the "DoS protection" that is cutting your Internet, not Ukraine.
Beat me to it.
A bit more on that.
"DoS protection" and other features, such as QoS and toys like Armor, require the router's processor to do some heavy lifting beyond the usual management of the flow of traffic. Throw too much work at the processor and it throws in the towel and grinds to a halt.
