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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...
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.
Can you save off a tracert from the neighbor's PC, and perhaps run a fresh one from yours? Then you can compare the two route paths.
Below is neighbors system that connects to the site, ping and tracert. Below this is mine that does not. 2 postings above this one is a summary of all that was done without success. Both using same ISP. WOW Wideopenwest
Pinging smith-wessonforum.com [208.71.128.50] with 32 bytes of data
Reply from 208.71.128.50: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=53
Reply from 208.71.128.50: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=53
Reply from 208.71.128.50: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=53
Reply from 208.71.128.50: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=53
Ping statistics for 208.71.128.50: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 45ms, Maximum = 46ms, Average = 45ms
tracert smith-wessonforum.com Tracing route to smith-wessonforum.com [208.71.128.50] over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 8 ms 18 ms 8 ms 23.28.124.1
2 11 ms 11 ms 10 ms dynamic-76-73-172-93.knology.net [76.73.172.93]
3 9 ms 12 ms 10 ms 76-73-168-108.knology.net [76.73.168.108]
4 10 ms 11 ms 11 ms 76-73-168-106.knology.net [76.73.168.106]
5 11 ms 11 ms 8 ms 76-73-168-104.knology.net [76.73.168.104]
6 24 ms 23 ms 20 ms static-69-73-0-141.knology.net [69.73.0.141]
7 22 ms 21 ms 23 ms dynamic-75-76-35-8.knology.net [75.76.35.8]
8 22 ms 24 ms 23 ms ae14.cr1-chi1.ip4.gtt.net [77.67.77.109]
9 45 ms 43 ms 43 ms xe-2-1-1.cr1-nyc4.ip4.gtt.net [89.149.134.133]
10 43 ms 45 ms 43 ms techie-media-gw.ip4.gtt.net [77.67.71.18]
11 44 ms 46 ms 43 ms mail.smith-wessonforum.com [208.71.128.50]
Trace complete.
Below from my system
Pinging smith-wessonforum.com [208.71.128.50] with 32 bytes of data
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 208.71.128.50:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)
Tracing route to smith-wessonforum.com [208.71.128.50]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 3 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 10 ms 23.28.124.1 reports: Destination host unreachable.
Trace complete.
Anybody
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.