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Ravinderjay
Feb 05, 2022Aspirant
Getting DDoS attacks constantly.
I am having trouble changing my IP address. Someone keeps crashing my pc. I want to know how I can change my IP address. I have called xfinity but they told me it was static and can’t be changed! I ha...
michaelkenward
Feb 06, 2022Guru - Experienced User
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.
Ravinderjay wrote:
[DHCP IP: 10.0.0.10][Device Name: ] to MAC address 4e:11:bf:ae:65:e3, Saturday, February 05, 2022 15:14:20
That sometimes tells us that you are running two routers on your network, with the first one assuming the more usual IP address of 192.168.1.1.
What modem sits in front of your RAX120?
Maybe that is the cause of your original problem.
While many questions about routers are generic and could be answered anywhere, some things need specialist knowledge.
You might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your device, in the appropriate section for your hardware. That's probably here:
Nighthawk Routers with WiFi 6 (AX) - NETGEAR Communities
I will ask the Netgear moderator to move your message.
In the meantime you could visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware. Look at the label on the device for the model number.
You may have done this already. I can't tell from your message.
I mention it because Netgear stopped supplying printed manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.
Ravinderjay
Feb 06, 2022Aspirant
My modem is a Motorola MB8611
- michaelkenwardFeb 06, 2022Guru - Experienced User
- RavinderjayFeb 06, 2022AspirantWhat do you mean with “plain vanilla modem”?