[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Wi-Fi help

[Peter Albin]

Thank you all for your suggestions and advice.

I contacted Astound on Friday after we identified the "mass outage."

I've been checking over the weekend and it must have been fixed 
yesterday or today. Apparently, they acted on it!

Peter

On 11/3/2025 10:37 AM, Ken Pogran via LCTG wrote:
> Indeed.  My wife first detected the problem early last week.  Now it's 
> gone. I figure somebody, somewhere, did their regular weekly 
> maintenance reboot of something-or-other, and that cleared whatever 
> the problem was.
>
> Ken Pogran
>
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> Mitchell I. Wolfe via LCTG wrote on 11/3/25 10:16 AM:
>>
>> The macys.com site seems to be working properly now for Astound/RCN 
>> customers. <EOM>
>>
>> On 2025-11-01 18:41, Drew King via LCTG wrote:
>>
>>> Peter,
>>>
>>> One thing you can try is the free version of the windscribe VPN. 
>>> https://windscribe.com/ <https://windscribe.com/>
>>>
>>> This way you can change your IP address while still using your home 
>>> Internet service. See if you can reach what's blocked at that time.
>>>
>>> If you *create an account* and confirm your email, you get up to *10 
>>> GB/month* of data.
>>>
>>> On 10/31/2025 7:26 PM, Peter Albin via LCTG wrote:
>>>> Thank you all for helpful suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> I believe the issue is between Astound/RCN and Macys.com.
>>>> I will try to follow up with Astound.
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 31, 2025, at 5:18 PM, Peter Albin via LCTG<lctg at lists.toku.us> <mailto:lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an Asus RT-AX5400 router. When I access one specific website, I receive "Access Denied." If I use my cell phone for internet access instead of the Wi-Fi I am able to access the same website without any issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I find out where or how the router is blocking my access? Is it a different issue?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
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