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--></style></head><body><div>I also get my Internet service from RCN/Astound. When I try to reach macys.com, I get this message, both with my VPN on and with my VPN off:</div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><h1 style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Access Denied</h1></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b>You don't have permission to access the requested URL on this server.</b></span></div><div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b>Reference: 0.6824c317.1761949060.69a9d062</b></p></div></blockquote>
<div style="clear:both">I have in the past been able to access macys.com. I wonder what's up.</div><div style="clear:both"><br /></div><div style="clear:both">Harriet</div>
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<div>------ Original Message ------</div>
<div>From "Ken Pogran via LCTG" <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>></div>
<div>To "Adam Broun" <<a href="mailto:abroun@gmail.com">abroun@gmail.com</a>></div>
<div>Cc "Lexington Computer and Technology Group" <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>></div>
<div>Date 10/31/2025 6:10:55 PM</div>
<div>Subject Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Wi-Fi help</div></div><div><br /></div>
<div id="x6cec43cbbc5342c" style="color: #000000">Adam,<br />
<br />
I think you're right; it's pretty clear that's the case. And it's not
that connectivity,
per se, is
blocked. Rather, the "web site" is serving up a page with an "ACCESS
DENIED" error message, stating "You do not have permission to access the
requested URL on this server."
<br />
<br />
I do have a paid VPN service available, and access to macys.com works
just fine. So Macy's web site service provider has some sort of beef
with connections from RCN/Astound.
<br />
<br />
Ken<br />
<br />
<span>Adam Broun via LCTG wrote on 10/31/25 5:59 PM:</span><br />
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAN4B++kvfj2VAKuTp-hp8Z5R7YE2AOwGvNCBUvTovL9xpG6+7g@mail.gmail.com" class="cite">
<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>
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<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" moz-do-not-send="true">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 style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_5555867444449915298WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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.
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">-- Carl</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </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-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> LCTG
<lctg-bounces+carllazarus=
<a href="mailto:comcast.net@lists.toku.us" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">palbin24@yahoo.com</a>><br /><b>Cc:</b>
Harry Forsdick <<a href="mailto:forsdick@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">forsdick@gmail.com</a>>; Lexington Computer
and Technology Group <
<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" moz-do-not-send="true">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>><br /><b>Subject:</b>
Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Wi-Fi help</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Peter,</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </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.
</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </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...
</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">--
Harry
</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all" /></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table style="background:rgb(238,238,238)" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:229.5pt;padding:3.75pt" valign="top" width="306"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/resume/" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Harry Forsdick</span></a><br /><a href="http://lexingtontmma.org/" moz-do-not-send="true"><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" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">harry@forsdick.com</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">www.forsdick.com</span></a></span></p></td><td style="width:11.25pt;padding:3.75pt" width="15"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></p></td><td style="width:134.25pt;padding:3.75pt" valign="top" width="179"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://goo.gl/xZXT2F" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">46 Burlington St.<br />Lexington, MA 02420</span></a><br /><a href="callto:17817996002" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(781) 799-6002 (mobile)</span></a></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </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" moz-do-not-send="true">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:</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? Is it a
<br />different
issue?
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