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sandman20
May 02, 2024Aspirant
network thinks I'm in a different country
I just returned home from vacation in Denmark. Devices that traveled with us are 2 cell phones and a PC laptop. Now that we are back at home and connected to the home network via R6250, the netw...
sandman20
May 03, 2024Aspirant
Thanks for the reply. I took both cell phones and the travel laptop off the home network and reset the router. With those devices still quarrantined, both my work laptop and home desktop that never traveled still show web searches in Danish.
Also, as I said when I connect the laptop to my phone's hotspot via cellular data, everything works as it should.
All very strange to me. I've updated the router firmware to the latest version, with no change.
michaelkenward
May 03, 2024Guru - Experienced User
sandman20 wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I took both cell phones and the travel laptop off the home network and reset the router. With those devices still quarrantined, both my work laptop and home desktop that never traveled still show web searches in Danish.
And Windows?
I have seen these "deportation" events when travelling in the USA from the UK.
The network stayed at home. I had to tell the laptop that I had returned home.
Checked the time zones?