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Wifi Router Is Down After Running Scan With "-A: Reconftw

The issue discusses a bug where a WiFi router goes down after running a scan with the reconFTW tool using the '-a' option. It suggests that high concurrent requests during DNS bruteforcing can overwhelm home networks, and recommends running scans on a VPS instead. A solution involves adjusting the PUREDNS_PUBLIC_LIMIT in the configuration file to a lower value to prevent router overload.

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Wifi Router Is Down After Running Scan With "-A: Reconftw

The issue discusses a bug where a WiFi router goes down after running a scan with the reconFTW tool using the '-a' option. It suggests that high concurrent requests during DNS bruteforcing can overwhelm home networks, and recommends running scans on a VPS instead. A solution involves adjusting the PUREDNS_PUBLIC_LIMIT in the configuration file to a lower value to prevent router overload.

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Wifi Router is down after running scan with "-a · Issue... https://github.

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obreinx added bug on May 7, 2021

hey @obreinx

• This issue generally arrives when you run reconFTW on your home network.
• As the steps like, dns bruteforcing use massdns as a base to generate a enormous amount of concurrent requets in a short
span of time which indeed kills your wifi.

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Wifi Router is down after running scan with "-a · Issue... https://github.com/six2dez/reconftw/issues/275

• Hence, if possible its recommended to run a scan on VPS

Fix:

• You can edit the reconftw.cfg config file which helps you to come over this situation.
• Set the value of the ```PUREDNS_PUBLIC_LIMIT ```` somewhere between 2000 to 10000 (depending on your preferences)
https://github.com/six2dez/reconftw/blob/main/reconftw.cfg#L132

This will solve your issue for sure ✌

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six2dez added good first issue on May 8, 2021

six2dez closed this as completed on May 10, 2021

I just try to change PUREDNS_PUBLIC_LIMIT but the result is same while Running : Permutations Subdomain Enumeration ,my
router still going down

Then you should decrease even more that value, set something between 100 and 500 and then your router should be able to
handle it. Otherwise this is not a reconftw issue but your hardware's limitation and reconftw has the option to adapt to your needs

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