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3Aly12
Sep 25, 2019Aspirant
Nighthawk R6700V2 Blocking sites
Hi, I have a Nighthawk R6700V2 and am noticing that it is blocking my Macbook and iPhone (when on wifi) from accessing sites like gamestop.com or finishline.com. I never had this issue in the past and it started recently. I had factory reset my router more times than I'd hoped to, powercycled my modem and router, yet the same results end up happening. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.
Not sure if this can help or not, but I had tried setting up an Arlo Pro Camera and my computer nor iphone would be able to recognize the base station. Thanks in advance!
again, if you can't access it when you're directly connected to your modem and your router isn't connected at all, how is it going to be blocking? so its either modem or isp thats blocking if the router isn't hooked up.
11 Replies
- 3Aly12Aspirant
- plemansGuru - Experienced User
What modem are you using? (brand and model number)
Are there any other routers on your network?
Usually when I see issues like this its because there's a combo device or another router prior to the device you're using.
also what firmware is on your router?
If there's no other routers/combo devices on your network, you could try changing your dns provider to either googles 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 or cloudfare 1.1.1.1
- 3Aly12AspirantHi Plemans. I am using a modem provided by my ISP (the forced us to use it); not sure what the model number is but it is called Home Grid Forum and it’s a Gn.h coax Gigabit Ethernet Bridge.
I did try using Google’s DNS, Open DNS, and Cloudfare but to no avail.
The router states it has the most up to date firmware V1.2.0.62_1.0.1.
I do have an old Apple Time Capsule but it’s in bridge mode and just use it for backup. Thanks!