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Tenrath's avatar
Tenrath
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Oct 19, 2015

Cannot access web except through VPN

Hello all,

 

I have been having this problem since last night.  I cannot access webpages or connect to the internet with games on any device connected to my router (PC, Mac, Wifi, Hardwired, etc.).  I can ping different webpages (google.com) in the command prompt without problem.  I have tried to [telnet google.com 80] and it does not work.  I have tried restarting all devices, unplugging all devices, and all the usual fixes.

 

However, I can connect to my work's network through a VPN and subsequently browse just fine (through the VPN).  This is obviously not ideal, and I would like to figure out what is wrong and how to fix it.

 

Please let me know any other information that would be helpful.

 

Thanks!

 

 

1 Reply

  • DarrenM's avatar
    DarrenM
    Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

    Hello Tenrath

     

    Have you tried to change your DNS to googles open DNS to see if it may be a DNS issue. googles DNS is 8.8.8.8 Secondary: 8.8.4.4

     

     

    DarrenM