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333DoSAttackPrevention

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DenialofService(DoS)isacommonattackmeasure ,bytransmittinga

greatamountofdataorrequesttoyourInternetIPaddressandserver,

theInternetconnectionwillbecome veryslow,andtheservermaystop

respondingbecauseitisnotcapableofhandlingtoomuchtraffic.

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uterhasabuilt‐inDoSattackpreventionmechanism;whenyou

activateit,therouterwillstoptheDoSattackforyou.

FollowtheinstructionsbelowtosetDoSpreventionparameters:

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Clickthe‘Firewall’menuontheleftofthewebmanagementinterface,

thenclick‘DoS’,andthefollowingwillbedis

playedonyourweb

browser:

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Herearedescriptionsofeverysetupitem:

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PingofDeath(1): PingofDeathisaspecialpacket,anditwillcause

certaincomputerstostopresponding.Checkthis

boxandtherouterwillfilterthiskindofpacketout.