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Thursday, May 29th, 2025 8:17 PM

dos attack

I used wireshark to check my internet and noticed it is getting bombarded with icmp packets and other packets source port 443 can i just request a new ip address from xfinity to stop?

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2 days ago

The concern is not "Community Knowledge Base" related............ Topic moved here to the proper help section for assistance. 

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2 days ago

xfinity absolutely will not provide you with a new public IP address.  Second, know that there will always be comms on port 443, and a lot of them are not DOS.  Please refer to the information in this link:  https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/sydin9/tons_of_dos_attacks_in_my_router_logs_internet/

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2 days ago

@user_de61nt 

If you are using a router that has a MAC address cloning feature, you can clone a different MAC address into it. This will force a change of your Comcast-assigned WAN / public IP address. You could also try using a VPN.

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