Edimax Technology BR-6478Gn - page 70

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Click“Apply”tosavethechangesandrestartthebroadbandrouter.Ittakesabout60
secondsforthebroadbandroutertorestart.Click“Continue”toconfigureothersettings.
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3‐7‐3DoS
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Thedenial‐of‐serviceattack(DoSattack)isacommonattackthatparalyzesyourInternet
connection.ConfiguretheDoSfunctiontopreventsuchattacks.
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ItemNameDescription
PingofDeathCheckthisboxtofilteroutmaliciouspingpacketsthat
causescomputerstostopresponding.
DiscardPingfromWANCheckthisboxtoignoreallinboundpingrequests
whenmaliciousintruderstrytoparalyzeyourInternet
connectionwithmanypingrequests.
PortScanCheckthisboxtoblockattemptsofamalicious
intrudertryingtoscanforopenportsonyourInternet
IPaddress.
SyncFloodCheckthisboxtofilteroutfakeconnectionrequests
tryingtodrainthememoryofyourserver.
AdvancedSettingsClick“AdvancedSettings”toconfiguredetailsofthe
DoSfunction.
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