Access Denied: You Don't Have Permission to Access ****** On This Server
Hello, I have recently been getting the above message whenever I try to log in to some sites. It wasn't like this until a few days ago. Why is this happening? Some places say that I need to use a VPN to resolve this, but I shouldn't need to; why does it all-of-a-sudden not work? I am using Mozilla Firefox, but other browsers and even other devices can't log on to those sites.
Additional information: I do not use a VPN, and I contacted my ISP. They said that they do not filter websites in any way. The error is present for any device and any internet browser.
OK. So the issue is present with any device in your network. Then either you have a device on your network that filters traffic (I have one for my kids called Circle) or your router has the filtering. Do you have a modem/router combination or do you a separate router?
If you have a separate router then let’s connect a computer directly to the modem and shut down both for a few minutes. If your modem is also used for cable phone, remove the battery. Then power up the modem only after a few minutes and once powered and showing online status turn on the computer and you should be online. Try the sites and see if you get the same issue.
Here are a couple of photos of my setup. The yellow cable comes from the computer; if I put that into the modem I get no internet at all; it has to be connected to the router.
If you switch a computer from connecting to a router to connecting to a modem, you have to power down the modem. Connections to a modem are NOT plug and play. The modem remembers the MAC of a device so if it stored the router MAC and now you plug in a single computer instead, you won't get access. Turn off the modem for at least a minute to flush the memory. Then plug a single compuer in and power up the modem.
When you swap a single computer to plug into the router again, You have to power down the modem for at least a minute or nothing plugged into the router will be able to use the internet.
I turned the modem off for approximately 1 minute. When I plugged the computer directly into the modem, I still got nothing. I plugged it back in the way that it was and it immediately worked; how could it do this if it wasn't 'plug-and-play'?
Update: I plugged the modem directly into the computer and this time it worked. Furthermore, I was able to log on to the sites that were denied to me. So what is wrong? Something to do with the router?
Correct. Since you have bypassed it and now do not have any issues then it seems that something on your router is causing the problem. The best option is to do a factory reset of the router.
Make sure you notate your settings if it's not automatic for the WAN info and any changes from the defaults for the LAN/Wireless so you can add them back in
Balls! That sucks. Thank you so much for your help. At least I know where the problem lies.
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