Forum Discussion

DasCapitolin's avatar
DasCapitolin
Follower
Sep 27, 2022
Solved

How to create privileged route to bypass DoS filter?

Whenever I attempt to backup my computer data to iDrive cloud servers, my Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800 router at detects a DoS attack (ACK Scan) and blocks my network connection to the router until I ...
  • michaelkenward's avatar
    Sep 27, 2022

    DasCapitolin wrote:

    Whenever I attempt to backup my computer data to iDrive cloud servers, my Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800 router at detects a DoS attack (ACK Scan) and blocks my network connection to the router until I reboot.


    Have you tried to Disable Port Scan and DoS Protection?

     

    ADVANCED > Setup > WAN Setup

     

    Most of those reports of DoS attacks are false positives.

     

    I would look elsewhere for the source of your problems.

     

    What messages do you see when the router blocks the connection?