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.
3‐7‐3 DoS
The denial‐of‐service attack (DoS attack) is a common attack that paralyzes your Internet connection. Configure the DoS function to prevent such attacks.
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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