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Cannot access some web sites

Bplayer
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Discovered this morning that some web sites cannot be reached. However, if I fire up my VPN all is fine.

I have rebooted my laptop and the Ignite modem, but no difference.Anyone experiencing this?

An example:

1. No VPN running

C:\>ping grc.com
Ping request could not find host grc.com. Please check the name and try again.

C:\>

 

2. With VPN active

C:\>ping grc.com

Pinging grc.com [4.79.142.200] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 4.79.142.200: bytes=32 time=114ms TTL=241
Reply from 4.79.142.200: bytes=32 time=208ms TTL=241
Reply from 4.79.142.200: bytes=32 time=217ms TTL=241
Reply from 4.79.142.200: bytes=32 time=215ms TTL=241

Ping statistics for 4.79.142.200:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 114ms, Maximum = 217ms, Average = 188ms

C:\>

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Re: Cannot access some web sites

Bplayer
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Re: Cannot access some web sites

-G-
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@Bplayer  Could this be related to recent issues brought up in this thread?  Ignite Parental Controls and Protected Browsing use DNS to restrict network access.  Using a VPN will bypass all of those protections.

 

Protected Browsing has also been known to cause strange connectivity problems sometimes, especially when it blocks access to non-malicious sites or blocks access to 3rd-party domains that a site relies on.  Do you have it enabled in the Ignite WiFi Hub?

 

If the Ignite Gateway is blocking sites even when Parental Controls and Protected Browsing are disabled, that's a bigger problem.

Re: Cannot access some web sites

Bplayer
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Parental Controls and Protected Browsing have always been disabled here.

It is strange as most sites are available, except for two. One is US and the other in UK:
grc.com

bbc.co.uk

Looks like the DNS is messed up.

Re: Cannot access some web sites

-G-
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@Bplayer wrote:

Parental Controls and Protected Browsing have always been disabled here.

It is strange as most sites are available, except for two. One is US and the other in UK:
grc.com

bbc.co.uk

Looks like the DNS is messed up.


Yup, but grc.com also fails to resolve using other servers, not just the Rogers DNS server:

 

$ nslookup
> server 8.8.8.8
Default server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
> grc.com
Server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53

** server can't find grc.com: SERVFAIL
> server 9.9.9.9
Default server: 9.9.9.9
Address: 9.9.9.9#53
> grc.com
Server: 9.9.9.9
Address: 9.9.9.9#53

** server can't find grc.com: SERVFAIL
> server 1.1.1.1
Default server: 1.1.1.1
Address: 1.1.1.1#53
> grc.com
Server: 1.1.1.1
Address: 1.1.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: grc.com
Address: 4.79.142.200
> server 64.71.255.204
Default server: 64.71.255.204
Address: 64.71.255.204#53
> grc.com
Server: 64.71.255.204
Address: 64.71.255.204#53

** server can't find grc.com: SERVFAIL
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Re: Cannot access some web sites

Bplayer
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All working now.

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