As per title. Our work has wifi so connected my work Laptop and work mobile as well as my personal mobile to the Wi-Fi network at work. I can't access OZB from the laptop as it keeps giving me The site can't be reached error message. I can access through both mobiles. Any know what's going on here?
Can't Access OZB from Work Laptop
alz on 22/11/2019 - 09:13
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You reckon they unto me
On your laptop, try opening a cmd prompt and type "ipconfig /flushdns"
Successfully flushed dns etc… still not fixed.
IT deemed it non-conducive to work productivity
use a vpn or dns or something
Your work proxy is blocking ozbargain.
Why is working on my work and personal mobile? Both are connected to Wi-Fi same as laptop.
Your mobile probably is using different settings/software and may not be subject to the proxy, or you have a vpn or a seperate proxy installed that circumvents your work proxy.
Bastards! There goes my fun out the door
@alz: is your internet setting on laptop disabled.
If no, you probably can change the proxy, or remove temporarily while accessing OZB
Possibly your phone is hitting both WiFi and Mobile networks simultaneously (this is applicable to both iOS and Android) and pulling OzB through the mobile network?
They blocked it, I don't think circumventing it is going to go down well
Working fine on mobile.
Problem solved. Ditched Chrome and now using IE (sucks balls)
Thanks all for your feedback!
Firefox?
Need admin privileges
edge?
@alz: I work in web development and I just hope Microsoft kill IE ASAP.
But corporate and govts are using it. Horrendous!
Might be defaulting to non https - Try typing in the full address manually.(https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/498244)
Also navigate to OBZ on Chrome and try hitting F12 then right clicking on the refresh button and selecting Empty cache and hard reload
Probably blocked at the server as too many people browsing bargains all day?