what is the difference between low/medium/high dos protection

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what is the difference between low/medium/high dos protection
what is the difference between low/medium/high dos protection
2020-05-01 15:03:46 - last edited 2020-12-07 10:03:38
Model: Archer VR2800  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 0.4.0 0.9.1 v006c.0 Build 200227 RC.63688n

if i set the packet threshold to the exact same value for all 3 of low/medium/high in dos protection - does it matter what i choose?

 

i.e:

 

medium tcp at 3000 packets

 

is different or the same as

 

high tcp at 3000 packets

 

is the protection level the same?

 

 

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Re:what is the difference between low/medium/high dos protection
2020-05-05 11:19:46 - last edited 2020-12-07 10:03:38

nobody at tplink knows what their settings actually do???

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2020-05-05 13:17:30 - last edited 2020-12-07 10:03:38

@Ricky666 My guess is that they're just templates with different typical thresholds, so you're right.

 

After all, the usual way to detect a DoS is measuring the rate of certain type of packets. If it's below the threshold nothing happens, if it's above the threshold you block the IP address for a predetermined time.

 

TP-Link documentation states that: "The level of protection is based on the number of traffic packets.".

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2020-05-05 13:31:06 - last edited 2020-12-07 10:03:38

@mocelet thankyou for the reply. i am thinking this also... i just find it strange that in a home product... setting everything to high with the default 3600p/sec would in fact be the lowest protection possible :-/

 

can anyone from tplink confirm for sure that a default rate of low actually provides more protection than a default rate of high?

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2020-05-06 14:48:21 - last edited 2020-12-07 10:03:38

@Stella.Q sorry to tag you but can anyone from tp-link give an official word on this, thankyou in advance

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2020-12-05 10:08:28 - last edited 2020-12-07 10:03:38

I would not set same rate for all 3 protocols as naturally, you're not opening same amount of connections of that type ...

 

for ex. I cannot set to high or medium at home for udp and icmp, or some of my devices are blacklisted during the day ...

 

better would be to find out best practice from TP-LINK what values to set in order to get maximum effective protection and not get performance or blacklist issues ... right now it's try & fail ...

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2020-12-05 10:58:05 - last edited 2020-12-07 10:03:38

@phoenixxko that doesn't answer my question. i might *want* 3000 people to ping me haha

 

i tried to get the info from tp-link already but they are ignorant spacks that don't reply

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2020-12-08 18:08:08

@Ricky666 3k pings at a time ? I don't think you chose right router for it bro :)

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