Solved: Specific Blocked Site Access

This thread has been locked for further replies. You can start a new thread to share your ideas or ask questions.

Solved: Specific Blocked Site Access

This thread has been locked for further replies. You can start a new thread to share your ideas or ask questions.
Solved: Specific Blocked Site Access
Solved: Specific Blocked Site Access
2020-06-25 03:41:29
Model: Archer A10  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.0.2.0.9.1 v1 Build 190305 rel 62969n

I have seen a number of posts in this forum related to random events where a website becomes unreachable or blocked for an unknown reason.  All other sites seem to work fine.

 

This is an issue I personally experienced after a great deal of troubleshooting.

 

If you have already:

 

1. Confirmed that you can access the blocked sites in question from another network (i.e. public wifi)

2. Confirmed that you can access the blocked sites in question by direct connecting your pc/laptop to the cable modem

3. Confirmed from the hosting provider of the web site (happened to me my own web site) that the IP address you are using is not being blocked

4. Confirmed from your ISP that you are not being blocked on outbound traffic to any specific sites

5. Reset the router to factory defaults which did not help

 

then you will want to either of these options:

 

1. Clone the Mac address of a computer that is direct attached to the router. This is under the Advanced tab - Network

2. Replace the router.

 

While this appears to be a workaround - it does work.

 

I have been unable to confirm with my hosting provider (iPage) that they have a blacklist of hardware Mac Addresses but clearly changing the Mac Address of the router fixed the problem.

As an additional note: Vimeo had blocked me 3 times saying that I was sending erroneous data to the site.  No issues since the Mac clone change.

 

TP-Link has not confirmed that this is an issue going back several generations of their routers.

  0      
  0      
#1
Options
1 Reply
Re:Solved: Specific Blocked Site Access
2020-06-25 12:13:39

@JohnK_SF That happened to me earlier this month. But not on the same hardware version. Anyways, I searched for many solutions on the net and tried hard resetting the router just in case. And guess what, it worked. 

  0  
  0  
#2
Options

Information

Helpful: 0

Views: 666

Replies: 1

Related Articles