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iPhone 6S Sends DoS to NetGear
I found evidence that my iPhone 6S is the cause of the DoS attacks on my NetGear C3000-100NAS. The iPhone connects and then instead of a local 192.168.0.x address, it gets a strange WAN address and the attacks like the ones below begin immediately: [DoS attack: Ping Of Death] from 7.4.241.224, port 0 1 Sat Oct 01 20:35:21 2016 221.135.76.83:0 7.4.241.224:0 [DoS attack: Teardrop or derivative] from 7.4.241.224, port 0 1 Sat Oct 01 20:35:21 2016 221.135.76.83:0 7.4.241.224:0 [DoS attack: Ping Of Death] from 7.4.241.224, port 0 1 Sat Oct 01 20:35:21 2016 221.135.76.83:0 7.4.241.224:0 I've been able to minimize the impact of this by taking these steps: Log into the Netgear admin before turning on wifi on the iPhone Monitor the iPhone as it connects to the Netgear. If it picks up a WAN address, immediately turn off wifi on the iPhone. If it picks up a local address, it's OK. This is not a long term fix. The following attempts have not worked: There's no firmware update for the iPhone to date There's no firmware update to the Netgear to date Factory resetting the iPhone was a 100% waste of time in this case Giving the iPhone a reserved IP address on the Netgear was a 100% waste of time Reporting it to ComCast was an absolute complete 100% waste of LOTS OF TIME We have to group think this one, folks, so contribute. Thanks.