D-Link DES-3028, User Manual

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DES-3028 DES-3028P DES-3028G DES-3052 DES-3052P Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Managed Switch
Figure 10- 52. Setup Forwarding ports window
This window allows the user to determine which port on a given switch will be allowed to forward packets to other ports on that
switch.
To configure traffic segmentation, specify a port from that switch using the
Port
pull-down menu. Click
Apply
to enter the
settings into the Switch’s
Traffic Segmentation
table.
DoS Attack Prevention
A DoS (Denial of Service) is a malicious attack against a network. This attack is designed to stop a network from functioning by
flooding it with useless traffic. Symptoms of a malicious attack include the inability to access any web site or a particular web site
being unavailable and network performance slowing down. Common DoS attacks are Land attack, Blat attack, Teardrop attack,
TCP SYN attack, UDP Flood DoS attack, Ping of Death and Smurf attack. DoS Attack Prevention allows the user to protect
against malicious attacks, bogus service requests and denial of service attacks (DoS) while also providing log and counter
information of DoS attacks for users. To configure these settings click
Security
>
DoS Attack Prevention
, the following window
will be displayed:
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