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Waynefi
Aspirant
Dec 31, 2016
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Router blocking 1 website

Hello,   I have read through the other similar discussions. One specific website has stopped connecting thru my router. This started all of a sudden a few weeks ago. Devices that I can bypass the r...
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  • Waynefi's avatar
    Waynefi
    Jan 08, 2017

    Thanks to all who tried to help. Through process of elimination, I decided to exchange the modem under warranty. Installed the new upgraded modem, had it activated by my ISP WOW, and the site is back ??

     

    Whatever, it worked, sad though the hours and hours spent trying to figure this out.

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Waynefi
Aspirant
Jan 05, 2017

Actually, I can go next door and get the site in question using the same ISP.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 05, 2017
Waynefi wrote:

Actually, I can go next door and get the site in question using the same ISP.

I misread your earlier post saying that you connected normally when you bypassed the router (I thought you said it failed both ways).

 

So Mac spoofing is worth a try (setting the router WAN mac address to match the PC that works when you do the bypass).  It is weird though.