can't access some sites except through VPN

(This is "Mrs. rharse" posting!)

Sadly, OpenBand took a message, said they'd look into it and call me back but they haven't done so. I just thought I'd see if anyone else had a similar issue.

There are certain sites that I can't access from my laptop. When DH (rharse) is home and has his laptop hooked up and routing through his VPN I can get to them. I have spoken with the host who had me ping various sites on the same server, and some I can get to, some I can't. He said our Internet connections are involved in some
"community firewall" where everyone is connected via the same box and that SOMEONE other than openband is in charge of the networks.

Do we have a site administrator or a community manager who blocks certain things, sets up firewalls I need to get through, or something? I understand that firewalls, in most cases, are set in place for child protection and whatnot, and trust me... I'm NOT looking to access X-rated sites!

Let me tell you where I'm trying to get. I'd be curious to know if anyone in Southern Walk can get to www.cest-bon.com or www.theotherforum.com.

Specifically, those are the sites I can't access. Any ideas?

 

Sure enough, I'm in Southern Walk and couldn't resolve either of those zones. I'm not sure I understand why they're blocking us, or our range of IP's. Seems that openband should be able to resolve the issue?

 

Steve...

I did a tracert and got:

Tracing route to server1.ilinkz.com [216.93.182.212]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 192.168.2.1
2 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms 10.111.0.1
3 6 ms 4 ms 4 ms 172.16.11.9
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 71 ms 73 ms 71 ms server1.ilinkz.com [216.93.182.212]

Trace complete.

I've had several people ask me to do that, but sadly I don't know what it all means. *blush*

 

and the nslookup:

C:\>nslookup www.theotherforum.com
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.2.1: Non-existent
domain
*** Default servers are not available
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.2.1

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Request to UnKnown timed-out

 

I'm in Southern Walk and just clicked on your links and got them.

I don't know if this is related or not but OpenBand was at my house on Tuesday to replace some kind of box or router because I was constantly being told "no server" and having to restart the box all the time. I was told that this box/router thing is being replaced due to these problems so I don't know if that could be affecting you at all or not...but if you call Open Band, they'll check and replace it if you have the older model.

 

FYI I am in Southern Walk and cannot access your links. Calling Openband seems the thing to do, especially since Carol has access and I don't- seems strange.

 

I must apologize...I just now tried those links again from the "home" computer in our home (the one I do not use for work and with a VPN) and received the "no server found; page not available" message. But when I try the links from my home office computer which is hooked up via VPN they go through with no problem.

So sorry for any confusion! [:I]