Unable to view certain URL's

[chrigil]

I am using a DLINK DSL 504T broadband router to supply 4/5 computers in my house and up until last week everything was fine.
After trying to set up Port Forwarding on my router though I properly messed up my connection. I therefore deleted it and recreated it and ever since then none of the computers are able to view a number of sites namely MSN, Microsoft, Hotmail and Ebay.

This does seem rather strange and I certainly haven't set any URL's as being banned within my router.
My network consists of 3 PC's and 1 Mac. I've checked the HOSTS file to see if any virus has been playing silly buggers but all seems well there.

I have therefore come to the conclusion that it must be the router if all 4 PC's are suffering from the same problem.

Any ideas as to the cause of this problem or the route (no pun intended) I should take to solve it?

Thanks in advance,

Chris

 

[chrigil]

UPDATE
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Sorry I forgot to mention that I am also unable to receive email from 2 of my 4 email accounts for some bizarre reason. This definitely isn't a mail server issue and has only started happening since the Router problem



Thanks in advance,

Chris

 

[chrigil]

UPDATE 2
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I also can't PING the above websites or connect to MSN Messenger.



Thanks in advance,

Chris

 

[Freestone]

Have you tried resetting the router back to factory defaults or would that reset too many custom settings?

 

[Crowley16]

dunno about your router type, but some of them have very high level firewalls set up as default on them, which might concieveably block some sites...

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Procrastinate Now!

 

[chrigil]

Yeah I know I could reset it but unfortunately this means losing the internet for a few days due to the fact that DLINK 'easy setup' gear requires 1 Rocket Science degree and a hammer.

I can access all the URL's through proxy servers so for now that'll have to do.



Thanks in advance,

Chris

 

[Crowley16]

if you can access through a proxy, then it certainly sounds like a firewall/blocking problem... try disabling the firewall to see if you can access the sites...

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Procrastinate Now!

 

[chrigil]

Unfortunately for virtually anything to work on the router, NAT & Firewall has to be enabled. It seems like they are one and the same thing which makes me think that they are just using the benefits of NAT as a really basic firewall.

I know this is common but there is no feature for adding sites to block etc. The firewall is either on or off.

I thing I might just buy an ethernet modem like the ADSLNation X-Modem and setup a Win 2003 PC to distribute the Internet around my house. I know it sounds like overkill but I have been learning Win 2003 for a while now and i guess this is just the kick up the ass I needed.



Thanks in advance,

Chris

 

[garebo]

this is just the kick up the ass I needed."

I think you would probably rather have a kick IN the .., lol.


Good advice + great people = tek-tips

 

[ceh4702]

Might have to look at the sites and see what is different. Some may use something like FTP, or a different protocol or a different address or port number. i.e. 27, 3000, etc.

MSN has its own problems. They might have an update out for their software.

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