Router blocking 1 site? Gateway model WGR 200

Hi,

I have a wireless network at home set up with the Gateway WGR-200
router. I'm having trouble accessing 1 particular site (page not
found). When I bypass the router completely, I can access the site. So
I think the router's built-in firewall is blocking the site. How do I
unblock this site? I can't find where I can configure the router's
firewall. I can access the router's set-up page via the http link, but
I don't see any option for configuring the firewall.

I'm using Windows XP, with a desktop, laptop and cable modem.

Thanks in advance,

Ed

Re: Router blocking 1 site? Gateway model WGR 200

CoachEd@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a wireless network at home set up with the Gateway WGR-200
> router. I'm having trouble accessing 1 particular site (page not
> found). When I bypass the router completely, I can access the site. So
> I think the router's built-in firewall is blocking the site. How do I
> unblock this site? I can't find where I can configure the router's
> firewall. I can access the router's set-up page via the http link, but
> I don't see any option for configuring the firewall.

RTFM (pages 43-46 to be precise).

cu
59cobalt
--
"If a software developer ever believes a rootkit is a necessary part of
their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
--Mark Russinovich

Re: Router blocking 1 site? Gateway model WGR 200

On Jul 2, 12:06 pm, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers
wrote:
> Coac...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I have a wireless network at home set up with the Gateway WGR-200
> > router. I'm having trouble accessing 1 particular site (page not
> > found). When I bypass the router completely, I can access the site. So
> > I think the router's built-in firewall is blocking the site. How do I
> > unblock this site? I can't find where I can configure the router's
> > firewall. I can access the router's set-up page via the http link, but
> > I don't see any option for configuring the firewall.
>
> RTFM (pages 43-46 to be precise).
>
> cu
> 59cobalt
> --
> "If a software developer ever believes a rootkit is a necessary part of
> their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
> --Mark Russinovich

I'd read the manual if I had it. I'm helping out a friend who threw
out the manual... Could you please elaborate?

Thanks,

Ed

Re: Router blocking 1 site? Gateway model WGR 200

eatstraw1@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jul 2, 12:06 pm, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
>> Coac...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I have a wireless network at home set up with the Gateway WGR-200
>>> router. I'm having trouble accessing 1 particular site (page not
>>> found). When I bypass the router completely, I can access the site.
>>> So I think the router's built-in firewall is blocking the site. How
>>> do I unblock this site? I can't find where I can configure the
>>> router's firewall. I can access the router's set-up page via the
>>> http link, but I don't see any option for configuring the firewall.
>>
>> RTFM (pages 43-46 to be precise).
>
> I'd read the manual if I had it. I'm helping out a friend who threw
> out the manual... Could you please elaborate?

google://gateway+wgr-200+manual

First hit.

cu
59cobalt
--
"If a software developer ever believes a rootkit is a necessary part of
their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
--Mark Russinovich

Re: Router blocking 1 site? Gateway model WGR 200

wrote in message
news:1183390726.417920.177670@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com.. .
> Hi,
>
> I have a wireless network at home set up with the Gateway WGR-200
> router. I'm having trouble accessing 1 particular site (page not
> found). When I bypass the router completely, I can access the site. So
> I think the router's built-in firewall is blocking the site. How do I
> unblock this site? I can't find where I can configure the router's
> firewall. I can access the router's set-up page via the http link, but
> I don't see any option for configuring the firewall.
>
> I'm using Windows XP, with a desktop, laptop and cable modem.

Have you tried doing a hard reset of the router? That may fix your problem.

If that doesn't do the trick for you, then you might have to flash the
router with its firmware, because the firmware can be sick.

That's usually the case when you have the problem that you're having where a
site or sites cannot be accessed by machine or machines behind a router is
that the firmware is or has become corrupted.

Think about it, if you have not set any rules yourself to block a site, then
how do you think the router is going to just start making up a rules to
block a site, unless you created the rules?

On the other hand, someone could have hacked the router to set rules to
block a site, but I doubt that one.

There is something wrong with the router's functions.

Re: Router blocking 1 site? Gateway model WGR 200

On Jul 2, 1:03 pm, "Mr. Arnold" wrote:
> wrote in message
>
> news:1183390726.417920.177670@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com.. .
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I have a wireless network at home set up with the Gateway WGR-200
> > router. I'm having trouble accessing 1 particular site (page not
> > found). When I bypass the router completely, I can access the site. So
> > I think the router's built-in firewall is blocking the site. How do I
> > unblock this site? I can't find where I can configure the router's
> > firewall. I can access the router's set-up page via the http link, but
> > I don't see any option for configuring the firewall.
>
> > I'm using Windows XP, with a desktop, laptop and cable modem.
>
> Have you tried doing a hard reset of the router? That may fix your problem.
>
> If that doesn't do the trick for you, then you might have to flash the
> router with its firmware, because the firmware can be sick.
>
> That's usually the case when you have the problem that you're having where a
> site or sites cannot be accessed by machine or machines behind a router is
> that the firmware is or has become corrupted.
>
> Think about it, if you have not set any rules yourself to block a site, then
> how do you think the router is going to just start making up a rules to
> block a site, unless you created the rules?
>
> On the other hand, someone could have hacked the router to set rules to
> block a site, but I doubt that one.
>
> There is something wrong with the router's functions.

Good points. I didn't think about that. My friend did not add any
rules (she didn't even know how to access the router settings). I
will try resetting the router. If that doesn't fix it, I'll try the
firmware upgrade.

Thanks a lot,

Ed