Re: [LUG] error copying a file using smbclient - resolved!

[stinga <stinga+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/11/2021 16:46, Giles Coochey wrote:

> I'm
>       glad you got it sorted, although I laugh at the feature on the
>       Draytek, "UDP Flood Defense", which is a safeguard against
>       something I alluded to in my DDoS comment in an earlier post is a
>       feature that would be useful on large, edge ISP routers handling
>       many millions of packets a second. To have a feature to safeguard
>       against it on the ingress port of a SOHO broadband router is
>       probably trying to close the stable door after the horse has
>       bolted (the UDP packets have already exhausted your relatively
>       small inbound bandwidth).
>       
>     
    I agree
>       
>       As you have a firewall (you mentioned this before), you can
>       disable the "UDP Flood Defense" feature completely, it provides no
>       defense to you, or your downstream clients.
>     
    The router is out of our control ( I can't admin it), shared office
    space, which is why we have a firewall!
    But the knob has been turned up and all is good, if the knob needs
    to go to 11 so be it!
    
    Thanks Giles, your DDOS comment helped me look at other things and
    badger the guy who does admin the router.
    I was using iperf and saw weird stuff that pointed to a
    blocking/throttle situation.
    
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