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Re: DOS ATTACK,should I be worried

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Originally Posted by Rob M (Post 34895472)

Not causing any hassle, just don't like to see people left with any confusion.

In my professional opinion......there is little/nothing to be gained from chasing down the DOS attack (or the remote access line, although that's the one I'd be more concerned about of the two).

You will gain most value from your time by investing it in ensuring that your external network defences are as robustly configured as they can be, and then ensuring that the security providing/enhancing features of any software installed on the inside of your LAN are configured and maintained correctly.

If the 'DOS' attack persists, and your connection is severely degraded as a result, THEN it might be worth taking the matter further.

Indeed I would agree with Rob, making sure you are "safe" etc is paramount. However, sending an email that takes 2 / 3 minutes won't hurt either. I've seen this hundreds and thousands of times and it can help, others aswell.

Re: DOS ATTACK,should I be worried

What model of router do you have?

Re: DOS ATTACK,should I be worried

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Originally Posted by Rob M (Post 34895499)

What model of router do you have?

Hi Rob apologies for the very late reply, but the router is the one supplied by VM its a Netgear WNR2000 if memory serves, and I,m starting to think mine has a fault as last night just while having a dabble on the ps3 it twice completely rebooted on its own (twice within 10 mins), causing me to be kicked from a game and loose all points which miffed me a little.

Any ideas why it would just suddenly do this, its happened lots of times come to think of it, and I know there is newer firmware available, which ive downloaded to the laptop.

But as yet I,ve been reluctant at changing it due my inexperience and how long it took to set it all up on statics etc.

any advice