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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.
Disable the log does not seem to fix the issue. The R6900P disconnected for 12 times in a day..
michaelkenward wrote: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.
[Admin login] from source 10.118.1.29, Monday, Jan 11,2021 12:57:37
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Monday, Jan 11,2021 12:42:17
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Monday, Jan 11,2021 12:42:13
[Internet disconnected] Monday, Jan 11,2021 12:41:45
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Monday, Jan 11,2021 12:13:40
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Monday, Jan 11,2021 12:13:38
[Internet disconnected] Monday, Jan 11,2021 12:13:09
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Monday, Jan 11,2021 08:50:22
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Monday, Jan 11,2021 08:50:21
[Internet disconnected] Monday, Jan 11,2021 08:49:48
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Monday, Jan 11,2021 08:17:24
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Monday, Jan 11,2021 08:17:24
[Internet disconnected] Monday, Jan 11,2021 08:16:53
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Monday, Jan 11,2021 07:48:23
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Monday, Jan 11,2021 07:48:22
[Internet disconnected] Monday, Jan 11,2021 07:47:52
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Monday, Jan 11,2021 06:26:05
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Monday, Jan 11,2021 06:26:02
[Internet disconnected] Monday, Jan 11,2021 06:25:30
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Monday, Jan 11,2021 05:42:53
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Monday, Jan 11,2021 05:42:52
[Internet disconnected] Monday, Jan 11,2021 05:42:20
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Monday, Jan 11,2021 03:50:49
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Monday, Jan 11,2021 03:50:47
[Internet disconnected] Monday, Jan 11,2021 03:50:19
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Sunday, Jan 10,2021 22:30:01
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Sunday, Jan 10,2021 22:29:56
[Internet disconnected] Sunday, Jan 10,2021 22:29:33
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Sunday, Jan 10,2021 18:21:39
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Sunday, Jan 10,2021 18:21:37
[Internet disconnected] Sunday, Jan 10,2021 18:21:07
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Sunday, Jan 10,2021 18:16:04
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Sunday, Jan 10,2021 18:16:03
[Internet disconnected] Sunday, Jan 10,2021 18:15:31
[Time synchronized with NTP server] Sunday, Jan 10,2021 18:06:25
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.235, Sunday, Jan 10,2021 18:06:24
[Internet disconnected] Sunday, Jan 10,2021 18:05:53
[Log Cleared] Sunday, Jan 10,2021 17:00:53