Outside US - "Server Not Found" unless using VPN

[SWSL]

"We can’t connect to the server at diysolarforum.com"

Unless I use a VPN. Even in same browser, VPN is only change I believe. Is it the intention of the forum to block people from other places? I wouldn't think so.

I mean, it's no big deal to use a VPN but I normally don't and so constantly run into this when clicking on a search link. Then I remember "oh, that's right diysolar only works with VPN" Kinda weird that's all.

Location Mexico.

Cheers and thanks for a great forum and videos, whole thing. Good on you!

Steve

 

[wpns]

Works fine from the Turks and Caicos, are you sure your ISP isn’t blocking certain traffic to the states?

 

[42OhmsPA]

Works fine "from Mexico" for me.
Sounds like a provider issue.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

works fine in Japan... that low cost life south of the border does have its drawbacks!

 

[SeaGal]

"We can’t connect to the server at diysolarforum.com"

Who is 'we' ?

 

[wpns]

See if traceroute shows a routing loop somewhere, that’s what usually causes this kind of thing.

 

[houseofancients]

"We can’t connect to the server at diysolarforum.com"

Unless I use a VPN. Even in same browser, VPN is only change I believe. Is it the intention of the forum to block people from other places? I wouldn't think so.

I mean, it's no big deal to use a VPN but I normally don't and so constantly run into this when clicking on a search link. Then I remember "oh, that's right diysolar only works with VPN" Kinda weird that's all.

Location Mexico.

Cheers and thanks for a great forum and videos, whole thing. Good on you!

Steve

Work fine from belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the netherlands

 

[LydMekk]

Okay from Spain.
Might be your local internet supplier who has bad routing to this site.
Call them.

 

[Cronix]

Try using a different/public nameserver. OS's usually default to the ones their ISP is using.

The Best Free and Public DNS Servers (2024)

A list of the best public and completely free DNS servers, plus why you might want to change them.

www.lifewire.com

 

[AntiGroundhogDay]

I had the same trouble as the OP here in Santiago, Chile. So I'm unsure if something changed with the OP's internet provider or the forum here as it affects me as well. This has been resolved by using Google's DNS server (for now. )

 

[wpns]

Sometimes just rebooting your router will give you a different IP address, which works if the old one you had was previously assigned to a spamner or botnet participant and so got on a blacklist.