Would you like to learn how to enable the stateful firewall and configure the DOS protection on the TP-LINK ARCHER C6 AC1200? In this tutorial, we are going to configure the firewall and enable the Denial of service protection on the AC1200 router.
• TP-LINK ARCHER C6 AC1200 – Version 2.0
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Archer C6 AC1200 – Firewall and DOS protection
Open your browser and enter the IP address of your wireless router.
In our example, the following URL was entered in the Browser:
• http://192.168.0.1
The AC1200 web interface should be presented.
On the login screen, enter the management password.
Access the Advanced tab on the top of the screen.
Access the SYSTEM TOOLS menu and select the TRAFFIC STATISTICS option.
Make sure the Traffic statistics option is enabled.
Access the SECURITY menu and select the SETTINGS option.
On the Security settings screen, perform the following configuration:
• SPI Firewall – Yes.
• DOS Protection – Yes.
• ICMP-FLOOD Attack filtering – Middle.
• UDP-FLOOD Attack filtering – Middle.
• TCP-SYN-FLOOD Attack filtering – Middle.
• Ignore Ping packet from WAN port – Yes.
• Forbid Ping packet from LAN port – No.
Click on the Save button.
You can verify the protection levels by accessing the SYSTEM TOOLS menu and selecting the SYSTEM PARAMETERS option.
Congratulations, you have configured the Firewall and DOS protection on the AC1200 router.
