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astronium
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Jul 22, 2016
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Router blocking me from random websites

So about a week ago I was able to access websites such as spotify and League of legends client. I tried to access these servers tonight and wasnt able to get any response: This site can’t be reached...
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  • astronium's avatar
    astronium
    Jul 22, 2016

    Hey :)

    I just solved it! I changed my MTU from being 1492 to 1400 and can now access all the sites! Thanks for your attempts at helping!

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TheEther
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Jul 22, 2016

Although a few hops (i.e. 9 - 12) failed to respond (this is not unusual; many routers in the Internet are programmed to ignore tracert requests), that tracert actually succeeded.  This means that you have connectivity to that destination.  

 

You may have to run tracert several times in order to determine if the connectivity is intermittent.  You can use a tool like WinMTR to do this automatically.  You will get much more detailed and statistically reliable results instead of one or two manual tracerts.

 

You didn't provide the model of your router.  Unless you enabled the 'block sites' or 'keyword blocking' feature on your router, the router's firewall is generally open in the outgoing direction.