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DOS Attacks on Nighthawk R6900P cause network down several times a day
The R6900P is behind a xfinity cable modem/router which also have the routing/wireless enabled. I like the R6900P because it comes with the circle 1st generation software so I can manage the kids on...
Netgear's firmware is great at creating false reports of DoS attacks. Many of them are no such thing.
Search - NETGEAR Communities – DoS attacks
Use Whois.net to see who is behind some of them and you may find that they are from places like Facebook, Google, even your ISP.
Here is a useful tool for that task:
IPNetInfo: Retrieve IP Address Information from WHOIS servers
If these events are slowing down your router, that may be because it is using up processor time as it writes the events to your logs. Anything that uses processor power – event logging, QoS management, traffic metering – may cause slowdowns. Disable logging of DoS attacks and see if that reduces the problem. This does not prevent the router from protecting you from the outside world.
Hi Michael,
That is really interesting. I have now disabled the log for "Known DoS attacks and Port Scans" and "Known BOT Attacks and Port Scans". I will update the result in a week. Thank you for the infomration. Figure crossed.
thanks,
Donald