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08-02-2011, 07:10 PM
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| Another dumb computer question
I looked at my routers security log and theres a lot of these from the past few days. Most of the ip addresses look like from my house but here are some of the strange ones.
Sun Jul 31 04:03:50 2011 1 Blocked by DoS protection 217.118.92.23
Sun Jul 31 11:59:21 2011 1 Blocked by DoS protection 213.83.130.10
Mon Aug 1 04:34:43 2011 1 Blocked by DoS protection 128.9.160.82
Mon Aug 1 18:15:17 2011 1 Blocked by DoS protection 92.247.12.242
Tues Aug 2 12:49:31 2011 1 Blocked by DoS protection 169.254.121.184
I've probably got 100 of these in the last 3 days. Anyone know what it means or how to stop it if its harmful. | 
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08-02-2011, 07:14 PM
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| | Bleating Minion
| IP locator says those IPs are from Russia, Denmark, South Korea etc | |
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08-02-2011, 07:17 PM
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| thanks Can I block them somehow? What does it mean for the ones from my own network? Any ideas how to stop this | |
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08-02-2011, 07:26 PM
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| | Bleating Minion
| It's not necessarily a bad thing. DoS means "denial of service" which indicates that your firewall is doing its job. | |
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08-02-2011, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by GAVol  It's not necessarily a bad thing. DoS means "denial of service" which indicates that your firewall is doing its job. | That's good. Do you guys have any tips on setting up a safe network. I don't know much about this stuff and there's a lot of tabs on my router settings. Posted via VolNation Mobile | |
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08-03-2011, 07:14 AM
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| looks as though your router is doing a fine job as it is. | 
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08-03-2011, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by MG1968 looks as though your router is doing a fine job as it is. | Ok good, I just thought it was weird that I had all the messages. Posted via VolNation Mobile | |
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08-03-2011, 07:43 AM
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| pretty sure you're going to get those messages regardless. If they aren't getting thru then your protection is doing it's job | |
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08-03-2011, 11:00 AM
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| Should wps be enabled or disabled?
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08-03-2011, 11:16 AM
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| | Agent Orange
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Originally Posted by 865dude Should wps be enabled or disabled?
Posted via VolNation Mobile | Do you currently use password/encryption for your Wi-Fi access?
WPS is just Wi-Fi Protected Setup. If you already have a password to access and encryption setup for your Wi-Fi... WPS should be disabled. | |
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08-03-2011, 11:30 AM
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| Yes, I use a password to connect to it. When I called and told them the problem I was having they told me to disable wps, and now I'm not getting dos messages anymore. I wonder why that would stop those problems, any idea?
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08-03-2011, 11:33 AM
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| | Agent Orange
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Originally Posted by 865dude Yes, I use a password to connect to it. When I called and told them the problem I was having they told me to disable wps, and now I'm not getting dos messages anymore. I wonder why that would stop those problems, any idea?
Posted via VolNation Mobile | Belkin router? | |
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08-03-2011, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by DC Vol Belkin router? | Yep Posted via VolNation Mobile | |
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08-03-2011, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by 865dude Yep
Posted via VolNation Mobile | Check to see if there is a firmware update. | |
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08-03-2011, 11:50 AM
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| Alright, there probably is this is an old router.
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