Protect The Network From Cyber Attacks - TP-Link Archer C7 User Manual

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Protect the Network from Cyber Attacks

The SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) Firewall and DoS (Denial of Service) Protection
protect the router 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 DoS Protection.
1 Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with your TP-Link ID or the password you set for
the router.
2 Go to Advanced
3 Enable DoS Protection.
4 Set the level (Off, Low,
Filtering, UDP-FlOOD Attack Filtering
• ICMP-FLOOD Attack Filtering
Message Protocol) flood attack.
• UDP-FlOOD Attack Filtering
Protocol) flood attack.
• TCP-SYN-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
Tools > System Parameters
DoS Host List.
> Security > Settings.
Middle or High) of protection for
- Enable to prevent the ICMP (Internet Control
- Enable to prevent the UDP (User Datagram
> DoS Protection Level
and TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack
- Enable to prevent the TCP-SYN (Transmission
Settings), and the vicious host will be displayed in the
Network Security
ICMP-FLOOD Attack
Filtering.
Advanced > System
Blocked
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