<div dir="ltr">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. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM carllazarus--- via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg5555867444449915298"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_5555867444449915298WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Open a command window on your pc and type tracert followed by the URL you are trying to reach. Example: tracert <a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">www.google.com</a> . 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. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">-- Carl<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> LCTG <lctg-bounces+carllazarus=<a href="mailto:comcast.net@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">comcast.net@lists.toku.us</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry Forsdick via LCTG<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 31, 2025 5:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> Peter Albin <<a href="mailto:palbin24@yahoo.com" target="_blank">palbin24@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Harry Forsdick <<a href="mailto:forsdick@gmail.com" target="_blank">forsdick@gmail.com</a>>; Lexington Computer and Technology Group <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Wi-Fi help<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Peter,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">You may be looking for something else...<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">-- Harry<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><table border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" style="background:rgb(238,238,238)"><tbody><tr><td width="306" valign="top" style="width:229.5pt;padding:3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/resume/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Harry Forsdick</span></a><br><a href="http://lexingtontmma.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Town Meeting Member Precinct 7</span></a><br><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=harry@forsdick.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">harry@forsdick.com</span></a><br><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">www.forsdick.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="15" style="width:11.25pt;padding:3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="179" valign="top" style="width:134.25pt;padding:3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://goo.gl/xZXT2F" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">46 Burlington St.<br>Lexington, MA 02420</span></a><br><a href="callto:17817996002" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(781) 799-6002 (mobile)</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 5:16<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM Peter Albin via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:none none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal">I have an Asus RT-AX5400 router. When I access one specific website, I <br>receive "Access Denied." If I use my cell phone for internet access <br>instead of the Wi-Fi I am able to access the same website without any <br>issues.<br><br>How do I find out where or how the router is blocking my access? 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