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Soulburnxl
Feb 15, 2023Tutor
Re: Orbi router is blocking me from accessing my personal website only?
Same issue. I admin a website and was uploading FTP. After all done, I went back to look at the website and it showed me a blank page. (ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT). I thought I made a mistake somewher...
- Feb 17, 2023
Thank you, I paid the $50
Netgear Support called me and they resolved it pretty quick. Spoofing the MAC address did the trick.
Router MAC Address > uncheck Use Default Address > Use This MAC Address (ethernet)
Thank you again for responding. I hope this trick will help other people.
schumaku
Feb 17, 2023Guru - Experienced User
CrimpOn wrote:
I am stunned that spoofing the router MAC address could have been the solution, because it worked before."
Fully with you, does not make much sense - especially as the "magic 50USD solution" for me, too.
Soulburnxl
Feb 18, 2023Tutor
We went through fairly simple steps over the phone. Laptop to ISP modem, lookup MAC address, copy that MAC address into the Orbi, Did a full restart of both modem and router. And that was really it. I’m I happy that I paid $50, no but it resolved the issue.