Certain websites are not loading at all on any devices connected to my network

[Guest]

Hello, recently I started noticing that two websites (and potentially more, I don't know yet) are not loading at all: plyrics.com and azlyrics.com, the google cache version loads just fine, though. I don't know when this started because I rarely go onto those sites, however recently I've been using them as my media player fetches lyrics from those sites automatically.

What's odd is even on my phone, when it's connected via WiFi, they wont load (I simply get an instant "No data received" on chrome), but if I turn off WiFi and use cellular internet, of course they load.

I've tried it on different browsers and I've tried clearing my hosts file. However I think it's simply something to do with my router. Something must be blocking it. I have AT&T U-Verse and the router is a 2Wire 3800HGV-B.

Thanks ahead!

 

[wildfire707]

It is probably a DNS caching issue on your router. Just power off (unplug) your router for at least 30 seconds and plug it in again.

If you still have problems, you can troubleshoot it further if you use a command line window and use nslookup to go further on it. Hopefully that isn't necessary, as most people aren't command line experts and it isn't something that is easy to instruct 🙁

 

[Seuration]

If that doesn't work, check the firewall on your router. I believe the access point on u-verse is: 192.168.1.254. Sometimes the AT&T router automatically blocks sites when it receives too many bad packets, which are common in the crappy ads azlyrics has. Hence why I switched to cable. :/ I wish you luck.