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INFTeamLeader
Sep 17, 2015Aspirant
Unable to access a website on a R6300
Yesterday a website I frequent became unavailable. i get ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT. It is 69.73.172.48(www.waguns.org). I can tracert to it but not PING it. When I connect directly into my broadband ...
- Sep 18, 2015
Hi INFTeamLeader,
If you are with a cable ISP, you may try performing MAC spoofing and see if it works. You may refer to the link below for the instructions:
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1086
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
DexterJB
Sep 18, 2015NETGEAR Moderator
Hi INFTeamLeader,
If you are with a cable ISP, you may try performing MAC spoofing and see if it works. You may refer to the link below for the instructions:
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1086
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
INFTeamLeader
Sep 25, 2015Aspirant
Thank you DexterJB. Your solution resolved it and based on the troubleshooting, it was not the Netgear causing the issue. The web site host is investigating though as they only do IP blacklisting based on known spammers. Not via MAC address so it still baffles their mind how this could happen.