Can my wireless really cause this problem?

Hi, hoping someone can help me. All of a sudden I was unable to get to
a series of websites all on the same IP. They are all my websites. I
called the host provider and they had no problems. In fact I could get
to the sites by using proxify. But aside from that I couldn't even
ping them.

Just to see if it was my equipment for some reason, I took the dlink
524 (I think) out of the middle and hooked my cable modem directly to
the PC. I could then get to the sites. I let my router "rest" for a
good 30 minutes. Put it back in the picture and the sites were
blocked. I am able to repeat this at will.

How could my router cause a problem like this? I have made no changes.
I'm not even using my main PC on a wireless connection. It's using
the wired router ports. Just don't see how the router could cause
problems on one set of website (all on the same box and IP) out there.
Sounds like a ISP problem, but it goes away when the router is missing
in my topology.

Thanks for any help.

"jm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi, hoping someone can help me. All of a sudden I was unable to get to
> a series of websites all on the same IP. They are all my websites. I
> called the host provider and they had no problems. In fact I could get
> to the sites by using proxify. But aside from that I couldn't even
> ping them.
>
> Just to see if it was my equipment for some reason, I took the dlink
> 524 (I think) out of the middle and hooked my cable modem directly to
> the PC. I could then get to the sites. I let my router "rest" for a
> good 30 minutes. Put it back in the picture and the sites were
> blocked. I am able to repeat this at will.
>
> How could my router cause a problem like this? I have made no changes.
> I'm not even using my main PC on a wireless connection. It's using
> the wired router ports. Just don't see how the router could cause
> problems on one set of website (all on the same box and IP) out there.
> Sounds like a ISP problem, but it goes away when the router is missing
> in my topology.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>
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Many new routers have parental controls that allow you to block access
to specific sites. I'm unsure of the features of your router but it is
possible
that you may have somehow enabled that function. Check your router
config to see if parental controls are on...if so..turn them off and see
what
happens. There are some other possible things that could be going but
lets start with that one first...

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"jm" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>Hi, hoping someone can help me. All of a sudden I was unable to get to
>a series of websites all on the same IP.

Were you trying to access the sites by domain name or by IP address?

>They are all my websites. I
>called the host provider and they had no problems.

They usually test from inside their firewall. Not a valid test. Call
your neighbor and have them try it. I usually login to one of my
office or customers machines with VNC just to be sure.

>In fact I could get
>to the sites by using proxify. But aside from that I couldn't even
>ping them.

What's a proxify? Oh, that:
http://proxify.com
Good test from essentially a different ISP. Since that works, the ISP
and your servers are fine, leaving your cable ISP, your equipment, and
your PC.

>Just to see if it was my equipment for some reason, I took the dlink
>524 (I think) out of the middle and hooked my cable modem directly to
>the PC. I could then get to the sites. I let my router "rest" for a
>good 30 minutes. Put it back in the picture and the sites were
>blocked. I am able to repeat this at will.

That's fairly conclusive. Something in the DI-524.

>How could my router cause a problem like this? I have made no changes.

The DI-524 can block by IP address, URL, domain, and whatever. See
this page in your DI-524 setup:
<http://support.dlink.com/emulators/di524_revc/adv_filters.html>
Any garbage there?

It could also be corrupted in some weird way. I did that yacking on a
5 watt VHF radio near a DI-514 so I assume it can happen to other
models. Got any transmitters nearby? If all else fails, scribble
down your settings, hard reset, reload settings, and start over.

>I'm not even using my main PC on a wireless connection.
>It's using the wired router ports.

Then why are you asking this question in a wireless newsgroup? Ok,
I'll be nice and pretend it's a wireless problem.

>Just don't see how the router could cause
>problems on one set of website (all on the same box and IP) out there.
>Sounds like a ISP problem, but it goes away when the router is missing
>in my topology.

Dunno. It's fairly obvious that it's something inside the DI-524.
Maybe if you look at the log file at:
<http://support.dlink.com/emulators/di524_revc/st_log.html>
you might see a clue when trying to get to the site.

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jm wrote:
> Hi, hoping someone can help me. All of a sudden I was unable to get to
> a series of websites all on the same IP. They are all my websites. I
> called the host provider and they had no problems. In fact I could get
> to the sites by using proxify. But aside from that I couldn't even
> ping them.
>
> Just to see if it was my equipment for some reason, I took the dlink
> 524 (I think) out of the middle and hooked my cable modem directly to
> the PC. I could then get to the sites. I let my router "rest" for a
> good 30 minutes. Put it back in the picture and the sites were
> blocked. I am able to repeat this at will.
>
> How could my router cause a problem like this? I have made no changes.
> I'm not even using my main PC on a wireless connection. It's using
> the wired router ports. Just don't see how the router could cause
> problems on one set of website (all on the same box and IP) out there.
> Sounds like a ISP problem, but it goes away when the router is missing
> in my topology.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
Not sure about dlink but linksys has a feature "filter internet nat
redirection". "This feature uses port forwarding to prevent access to
local servers from your local networked computers"

Ian