How do I turn off IP Flood Detection?

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How do I turn off IP Flood Detection?

I've perused the forums and have concluded in my computer-technically-naive mind that this could lead me to internet bliss...... I have been experiencing excrutiatingly slow or never-loading web pages. Often, after a couple of minutes of waiting I will get a [cannot connect] message, yet when I press the reload button in the message, it then loads immediately. This has been occurring for several weeks now. Occurs across all browsers that I am using - Safari, Chrome and Firefox. Very frustrating. So.... how do I turn off IP Flood Detection?

I found an assist on-line as follows: enter http://192.168.0.1 in the address bar.

User name: admin

Password: admin

On status page, click Firewall.

On the Firewall page, disable/uncheck IP Flood Detection.

Unfortunately, the admin/password given doesn't work. Does anyone have updated ones?... or perhaps another solution?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Nov 3, 2013 5:59 AM

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Answer 1

Tesserax

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Nov 3, 2013 9:24 AM in response to camirv

It doesn't sound like you have an Apple router. What is the make & model of the router that you are trying to administer?

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camirv Author

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Nov 3, 2013 10:38 AM in response to Tesserax

I have an Apple Airport Extreme 5.6.1. I have a Bell mobility modem. I have the same problems whether or not I am connected to the router. I have tried leaving the router out of the equation and connecting directly to the modem alone.... with no change.

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Bob Timmons

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Nov 3, 2013 10:48 AM in response to camirv

I have an Apple Airport Extreme 5.6.1.

5.6.1 is the version of AirPort Utility, which is the software that is only used to configure an Apple AirPort router.

AirPort Utility 5.6.1 will only work with the Apple routers......not with a Bell modem.

If you have an Apple wireless router, please look on the bottom of the device for the model number. All AirPort routers have a model number that starts with an "A" followed by four numbers.

If you only have a Bell modem, we would not be able to provide support for that product on an Apple support site. You will need to connect the Bell support folks for assistance in that regard.

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camirv Author

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Nov 3, 2013 11:23 AM in response to Bob Timmons

Thank you. You are right. I have an Apple Time Capsule 802.11n. Model No. is A1409. I do not know whether it is 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th generation.

If I find no answer on this forum, I will indeed be contacting Bell.

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Bob Timmons

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Nov 3, 2013 11:49 AM in response to camirv

Thanks for the clarification. I know of no settings in AirPort Utility for IP Flood Detection or any method to enable or disable a setting like that on an Apple AirPort router.

Your Time Capsule is very likely configured to operate in Bridge Mode with your Bell modem/router, so the Time Capsule would not be providing any routing duties for the network at all.

Routing settings and/or adjustments would need to be made on the Bell modem/router.

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camirv Author

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Nov 3, 2013 11:52 AM in response to Bob Timmons

Thank you. I will pursue this further with Bell and post my/their answer here.

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Tesserax

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Nov 3, 2013 12:06 PM in response to camirv

IP Flood Detection is an option to prevent Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Depending on your Bell modem/router it may label this as such in it's web-based administrator interface.

Also if the router's firewall offers Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), this is also used block DoS attacks.

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