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

[Adam Broun]

There's a good chance those websites are blocking your specific ISP.
Nothing to do with your routers.  The only answer is to hotspot off your
phone (thus using a different ISP effectively) or using a paid VPN that
isnt being blocked by that website's provider.

On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM carllazarus--- via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
wrote:

> Open a command window on your pc and type tracert followed by the URL you
> are trying to reach.  Example:  tracert www.google.com .  It returns a
> list of the hops being made on route to that web location.  The first hop
> is to your router, which will probably have an address like 192.168.68.1.
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> -- Carl
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> *From:* LCTG <lctg-bounces+carllazarus=comcast.net at lists.toku.us> *On
> Behalf Of *Harry Forsdick via LCTG
> *Sent:* Friday, October 31, 2025 5:26 PM
> *To:* Peter Albin <palbin24 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* Harry Forsdick <forsdick at gmail.com>; Lexington Computer and
> Technology Group <lctg at lists.toku.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Wi-Fi help
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> Peter,
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> Although I can't remember much from my networking days, I do remember that
> if you type traceroute (Mac) or tracert (PC) you used to be able to figure
> out how your data was being routed.  I just tried it from my Mac and
> couldn't make any sense of the information returned.
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> You may be looking for something else...
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> -- Harry
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> Harry Forsdick <http://www.forsdick.com/resume/>
> Town Meeting Member Precinct 7 <http://lexingtontmma.org/>
> harry at forsdick.com
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> www.forsdick.com
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> 46 Burlington St.
> Lexington, MA 02420 <https://goo.gl/xZXT2F>
> (781) 799-6002 (mobile) <callto:17817996002>
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> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM Peter Albin via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
> wrote:
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> 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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