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[mkarasek]

I see that most but not all of the website is 403,,

[fourbanks]

website is very fast at this time 

[mkarasek]

I ment virtuapin website.. 

 

It gives a 403 error

[xenonph]

I ment virtuapin website.. 

 

It gives a 403 error

Website here works for me.

https://virtuapin.ne...e=index&cPath=1

 

Maybe try using a different browser.

[mkarasek]

Just tried chrome on same machine and still 403.

 

Tried 2 different computer here at the house, both 403 errors.  Some parts of his site are active, manuals for the plunger kits for example.
 

Sent him an email as well and have not heard back.. 

Edited by mkarasek, 28 February 2026 - 07:04 PM.

[Breadbox64]

Just tried chrome on same machine and still 403..

Do you use an VPN? A blocked IP can be a reason for that. To me the site works well without any problems.

[Tesla]

Just tried chrome on same machine and still 403..

 

Weird.

Clear your cache, verify how caching is set, check your Security settings, any weird Extensions loaded and active ? ... that sorta thing.

Check other "known good sites" to make sure it's not just your Internet connection. 

[radikal]

Just tried chrome on same machine and still 403.

 

Tried 2 different computer here at the house, both 403 errors.  Some parts of his site are active, manuals for the plunger kits for example.
 

Sent him an email as well and have not heard back.. 

Works for me (Verizon FIOS from NY on Windows 11 Edge browser and Firefox). Could be that there is a DNS or pathing issue from your service provider to where Virtuapin is hosted. Time usually fixes those; grab a few beers and try again in a couple of hours.

[mkarasek]

ok strange it is my house.. intranet..

Go 5G on phone and it works. 

 

I do have 2 routers now at home one for my ATT fiber connection and another behind that for most everything else. 

I tried on the computer plugged into the ATT router still 403.  

 

Over my VPN to Austin from the Austin office all good??

 

Very strange

[Tesla]

 

I do have 2 routers now at home one for my ATT fiber connection and another behind that for most everything else. 

I tried on the computer plugged into the ATT router still 403.  

 

 

 

A modem and ONE router is pretty easy to config properly.

 

A Residential-Gateway and a Router is permitted but a little harder to get 100% correct

 

A VPN is another layer of complexity on top of all that.

Edited by Tesla, 01 March 2026 - 06:36 PM.

[mkarasek]

Have not had any problems so far with the setup.  One set of ipaddresses for the ATT Fiber mode/router.  Plug one of its ocnnections into a regular Asus router WAN port and the network the Asus runs is on a different sub-net.  

I do not play any games of trying to access the one Asus "network": from the ATT "network".. 

 

Set it up this way as it was the easiest solution moving from Xfinity to ATT.   ATT put the Fiber Modem in the back bedroom (my office), drilled a hole in the house for the fiber line.  The Asus router is on the other end of the house (old Xfinity cable drop) and I have a cat6 run between them.

[Tesla]

Have not had any problems so far with the setup.  

 

You mean until now? 

 

Whenever I'm faced with 2 routers (or controller-devices, like inside a Residential Gateway) I always shift the secondary ones into Bridge/Bypass mode. I like being able to use everything everywhere on the premises.

 

Instead of having your DNS follow the router, you might want to try a custom DNS on some machines (like Google's or similar). 

[mkarasek]

the virtuapin.net site is the only one I have any issues with.  All else is good.. 

[Tesla]

If you can PING it, but not access it by name ... I'm no expert, but I think that points to a DNS issue.

 

Apparently, many people use Googles DNS. And there are others people use when their IPS's drifts sideways.

[mjr]

> If you can PING it, but not access it by name ... I'm no expert, but I think that points to a DNS issue.

 

The OP reported that the errors were HTTP 403, right?  Those come from the Web server on the destination site, so if that's what you're seeing, all of the networking is working, including DNS.  403 is a permissions error ("Forbidden"), meaning that the site has decided that you're not authorized to access the page.  You're either typing in a URL that doesn't exist or points to a non-public resource, or the Web server has designated your IP address as persona non grata (or perhaps automata non grata).  The simplest explanation is the former, given OP's observation that SOME links work and others don't - the non-working ones are probably just bad links, maybe broken links from other sites or broken links on the virtuapin site itself.  If your IP address had been blacklisted or were being blocked by Cloudflare as a suspected DoS/spam source or something like that, I'd expect all pages would be blocked for you.