re: Netgear router preventing site access
Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dhm
(966 messages posted)
The code for a blank line in HTML is:
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You've posted over 400 messages. I'm surprised you didn't know that.
Getting on to specifics. Here's what Microsoft says about that error number:
Error 403 "Access Denied/Forbidden"
And here's a bunch of answers:
Answers.com -- 403 Error
I only glanced at the Msft article but it talked about the possibility of your firewall
making some conflict.
On Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 6:22 pm, Carl S. wrote:
>I am running Win98se on a Gateway computer. I have Comcast broadband. Their modem
>is plugged into a Netgear wired router and my computer access passes through the
>router to the internet. I am suddenly unable to access a particular web site:(http://www.ntractorclub.com/forums/nboard/nboard.htm).
>This page was set on my Links bar at the top of the browser. Clicking on it results
>in this message:
>"Forbidden
>You don't have permission to access /forums/nboard/nboard.htm on this server.
>Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument
>to handle the request.
>Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.ntractorclub.com Port 80" Additionally, I can't enter
>the parent site of www.ntractorclub.com.
>
>If I bypass the router and plug the broadband modem directly into my computer then
>I can access the site as normal. It seems obvious to me that the router is doing
>something to prevent me from entering that site. I have entered the router and gone
>to a previous backup configuration but that didn't work. I then reset the router
>to factory defaults and am still unable to access that site. I had already tried
>power cycling both the router and the modem by unplugging the power and replugging,
>but neither of those worked either.
>The router has the capability to block particular sites, but I have that feature
>disabled, and anyway, going back to the default settings should have cleared that.
>I have also cleared my internet cache, even deleting the internet folders that IE
>creates, and deleting any cookies relating to that site.
>
>Since I can access the site when using only the modem, I have ruled out my browser
>settings and my Norton AV as possible causes. I can access any other site without
>a problem through the router. This particular address seems to be the only one I
>can't access. What's going on?? Could it be the router is unable to process the
DNS
>resolution for that site?
>
>Can anyone suggest what I should do next besides buying a new router?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Carl S.
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