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Router randomly blocking websites
This is one of the stranger things that I have ever seen. My router is connected to the internet...and I can get to the internet...at least some of it. It is blocking certain websites however. ...
The most imortant part of the MAC address change process is that you power cycle the modem (the router also if you want, but particularly the modem). If you don't do this the MAC address change at the router will simply kill your Internet connection. More often than not this fixes the issue of unreachable websites, which more often than not is nothing to do with the router (whatever the brand).lottathought wrote: I did try your suggestion Searay..in fact I tried several combinations....nothing.
It would have been nice to have seen the tracert. While a ping will tell you about packet loss, a tracert would have told you which device was responsible for dropping the packets. I had similar issues as you. A tracert revealed to me that my ISP was dropping only IPv6 packets inside their network. A web search confirmed that many others were seeing the same thing and that the ISP's handling of IPv6 was to blame. Disabling IPv6 fixed my problems.
Anyway, it's too bad you were not able to figure out the issue with your R7000. You never gave us enough information to help you. It's good that you fixed your network by getting the Asus but we'll never know if or how the R7000 was to blame.