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adkrealtor
Mar 12, 2017Aspirant
Being blocked from certain websites
Hi - i know this has been previously discussed but thread was closed becuase it was a few years ago. Hi - I'm actually going crazy with work - and can't access my website because it's blocked. I had ...
- Mar 16, 2017
My 20 year old neighbor/computer tech figured it out. The server that I hosted my website on, black listed my IP address because I had too many incorrect password attempts :) I didn't know that was even possible! It also black listed my phone, which used my home wifi /same IP address. We emailed the server and asked them to "white list" my server which they did within 10 minutes. I was ready to blame Vladimir Putin!
adkrealtor
Mar 16, 2017Aspirant
My 20 year old neighbor/computer tech figured it out. The server that I hosted my website on, black listed my IP address because I had too many incorrect password attempts :) I didn't know that was even possible! It also black listed my phone, which used my home wifi /same IP address. We emailed the server and asked them to "white list" my server which they did within 10 minutes. I was ready to blame Vladimir Putin!
- ElaineMMar 16, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
adkrealtor Glad it was all sorted out. Thank you for the update!