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RBR850 blocking certain websites
Hi, fellow Orbians! I had an older Orbi system (AX4200) and was gifted this RBR850 (AX6000) kit. It was fully installed and going about our business until I wanted to source parts to build a chic...
Amazing how people don't want to listen.
Worth reading:
Potentially related:
- Why is Akamai Blocking Me? Part 2 - Penetration Testers, Bug Bounty Hunters and Security Researchers
- Why is Akamai Blocking Me? Part 3 – Partners Performing Web Scraping Activity
Part 2 should be easy to answer (unless the recent user which got the same public IP address triggered this)
Part 3 might be caused by malware or similar.
You won't get anywhere wasting Comcast/Xfinity helpdesk resources.
Has a factory reset and setup from scratch been performed since last FW update? A complete pull of the power adapters for a period of time after the factory reset then walk thru the setup wizard and setup from scratch with a wired PC and web browser. https://kb.netgear.com/22697/How-do-I-install-my-NETGEAR-router-using-the-router-web-interface
Try disabling the following and see:
Armor, Smart Parental Controls or Circle, Traffic Meter.
Thank you for your reply!
I loaded the updated firmware last night thinking that would provide a fix.
This morning I tried to put it into AP mode before realizing I should have only done that if double NAT was the issue and my modem is a modem only, not a combo gateway. I tried to connect the router directly to my PC with a ethernet cable and nothing could see it. Since I fully lost access I did a hard reset from scratch. Part of my problem MAY BE that I loaded my saved config file and brought a bad setting(s) along for the ride)
I'll check Armor, Smart Parental Controls, and Circle. I am positive the traffic meter is disabled.
It sounds like I really need to do another full-blown reset from scratch and do a complete re-configuration. I will do that late at night once everyone is in bed and report back.
Try a different browser and device as well to test that web site.
- Oh it's across multiple devices and browsers. I mentioned to my wife that there was a strange network issue blocking Home Depot's site and she mentioned some sites she frequents are now blocked too.
I feel the problem is a https issue and that some sites are not handling odd Orbi requests properly. (Is that a thing?)