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Gatecrasher · 01-14-2006, 10:24 PM

My router drops its connection with the computers on the network whenever I try to connect to IRC (any network). I suspect that the router is trying to defend itself from what it perceives to be a flood attack from all the info upon connection to an IRC server.+

This started recently, and unfortunately I do not know what caused it; I can't think of anything it coincided with. I have tried this from 3 different computers on the network, using different IRC clients. And router firmware is the most recent.

Any solution other than getting a new router?

Some more info:

mIRC says:
*** [10053] Software caused connection abort

My router (Dlink DI-624) log says:
Jan/14/2006 22:13:09 SYN Flood Attack Detect Packet Dropped
Jan/14/2006 22:13:07 SYN Flood Attack Detect Packet Dropped
Jan/14/2006 22:13:04 SYN Flood Attack Detect Packet Dropped

And Windows XP says:
"A network cable has been unplugged"

Then it takes about 10 seconds for the internet connection to restore itself.

01-14-2006, 10:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gatecrasher Tilted Location: 213	router thinks IRC is SYN flood attack? My router drops its connection with the computers on the network whenever I try to connect to IRC (any network). I suspect that the router is trying to defend itself from what it perceives to be a flood attack from all the info upon connection to an IRC server.+ This started recently, and unfortunately I do not know what caused it; I can't think of anything it coincided with. I have tried this from 3 different computers on the network, using different IRC clients. And router firmware is the most recent. Any solution other than getting a new router? Some more info: mIRC says: *** [10053] Software caused connection abort My router (Dlink DI-624) log says: Jan/14/2006 22:13:09 SYN Flood Attack Detect Packet Dropped Jan/14/2006 22:13:07 SYN Flood Attack Detect Packet Dropped Jan/14/2006 22:13:04 SYN Flood Attack Detect Packet Dropped And Windows XP says: "A network cable has been unplugged" Then it takes about 10 seconds for the internet connection to restore itself.