Protect The Network From Cyber Attacks - TP-Link TL-MR6400 User Manual

Chapter 7
7. 1.

Protect the Network from Cyber Attacks

The SPI Firewall can prevent cyber attacks and validate the traffic that is passing
through the router based on the protocol. This function is enabled by default, and it's
recommended to keep the default settings.
DoS Protection can protect your home network against DoS attacks from flooding your
network with server requests.
Follow the steps below to configure Firewall and DoS Protection.
1. Visit http:///tplinkmodem.net, and log in with your TP-Link ID or the password you
set for the router.
2. Go to Advanced
3. Enable IPv4 SPI
4. Enable DoS Protection.
Note: DoS protection and Traffic Monitor must be enabled at the same time. To enable Traffic Monitor, go to System
Tools > Traffic Monitor and toggle on Traffic Monitor.
5. Set the level (Low,
UDP-FlOOD Attack Filtering
• ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering
Message Protocol) flood attack.
• UDP-FlOOD Attack Filtering
Protocol) flood attack.
• TCP-FLOOD Attack Filtering
Control Protocol-Synchronize) flood attack.
Tips:
The level of protection is based on the number of traffic packets. The protection will be triggered immediately
when the number of packets exceeds the preset threshold value (the value can be set on
Settings section of the same page), and the vicious host will be displayed in the
6. Click Save.
> Security > Firewall & DoS
Firewall.
Middle or High) of protection for
and TCP-FLOOD Attack
- Enable to prevent the ICMP (Internet Control
- Enable to prevent the UDP (User Datagram
- Enable to prevent the TCP-SYN (Transmission
Protection.
ICMP-FLOOD Attack
Filtering.
Blocked DoS Host
Network Security
Filtering,
Dos Protection Level
List.
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