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security for your network.
DoS Protection
Denial-of-Service (DoS) is a common form of malicious attack against a network. The router
’s firewall can protect against such attacks by
filtering unreasonable packets that could flood and disable a network with large amounts of traffic.
WAN Block Ping
When active the router will not answer ping requests from the Internet. This can increase security, as pinging is a common method used by
hackers to test networks.
LAN Block Ping
When active, the router will not answer ping requests from the local network. This can increase security, as pinging is a common method used
by hackers to test networks.