I have a news website that I visit daily that yesterday stopped loading at the office, but would load fine from the house. Work is a network & different ISP than home. ISP problem?
2006-08-22 03:34:53 · 11 answers · asked by gwtr4a 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Firewall
2006-08-22 03:40:19 · answer #1 · answered by Bubba B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im sure your work has a program running in the network that blocks employees from certain sites, and at my work it has blocked me from certain media sites that are not considered adult or offensive. They can monitor everything you do on the work computer and maybe the just thought you were spending to much time on it and they zapped the site from their network. Now at our work we are allowed only to view the company site and a few select others.
2006-08-22 10:44:03 · answer #2 · answered by Later Me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Employer may have a firewall that prevents you from visiting certain websites. Try clearing your cache at work, it may help. Also, try typing in the site from scratch
2006-08-22 10:40:53 · answer #3 · answered by Gur8 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There might be a firewall at work. It could also be the router. Think of it as a highway...There might be a "road block" (put there by someone or just coincidence) for that site from your work's server.
2006-08-22 10:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by michaelyoung_airforce 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, most companies have a "firewall" which allows or disallows certain websites.
They probably banned that site because they don't want people browsing the internet and reading news sites.
2006-08-22 10:40:27 · answer #5 · answered by Scott D 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's possible that your IT department at work blocked the site. It's also possible that there is a problem with your work Internet provider routing the traffic to that particular site.
2006-08-22 10:41:27 · answer #6 · answered by reason1000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a matter of ip blocking....... your work internet wouldnt allow you to visit certain sites with their ip numbers registered in the watchlist... this prevents employees to browse websites that the office management deems as distractions to their employees.
another way to restrict access and control bandwith traffic is but keywords blocking....... your office internet thinks of keywords that employees might be interested in for leisure browsing, like: sex, porno, games, etc etc... if a website contains any of these, it wont show up.
2006-08-22 10:46:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe your work installed some software that stops workers from visiting non-work related websites?
2006-08-22 10:41:10 · answer #8 · answered by ghostpirate7 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firewall!
2006-08-22 10:40:35 · answer #9 · answered by namsaev 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im guessing more of a firewall issue, probably doesnt allow it, if your at work and on a network more than likely they have a filter.
2006-08-22 10:41:25 · answer #10 · answered by natedogg54911 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋