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Is Verizon FiOS blocking traffic from Windows?
I have a very interesting situation I am facing. I have Verizon FiOS as my ISP at home. I am trying to connect to a server inside my company's firewall. I VPN in, fire up Safari on my MacBookAir and type in the URL. I connect with the server - no issues. Next I boot up a VM running Windows 7 on the same MacBook. I fire up IE and type in the same URL. After waiting for a while, IE times out saying that the server did not respond in time. I try Firefox on the VM - same error. When I try Firefox on the host Mac OSX, I connect with no issues (just to verify its not a browser issue). Any other server inside the firewall, I can get to from the VM - not just this one. I even turned off the firewall on the Windows VM - no luck.
So, I think it is a VMWare issue and boot up my ThinkPad running Windows 7 natively. Same problem - I cannot connect to that server. I try it from Firefox, Chrome and IE. No luck.
I decide to take it one step further. I fire up the hotspot on my cell phone (coincidently also Verizon) and reconnect the VPN. Wonders - I can connect to the server. From all browsers on all three OS instances - Mac OS, Win 7 in a VM on the Mac and Win 7 native - no issues at all.
What do you think is going on here? Is Verizon FiOS or the router issued by them blocking (some) traffic from Windows 7 machines? Any ideas what may be the issue here and how can I fix it?
- andrewmunsell 13y agoI can tell you with almost 100% certainty that it has nothing to do with compatibility between Windows and FiOS. I'm guessing you configured your VPN correctly inside of Windows...right?
- SanjeevSharma 13y agoYes, I can get to every other URL I tried that is inside the firewall, including other similar servers
- bengunnink 13y agoQ: Is Verizon FiOS blocking traffic from Windows? A: No. Ask yourself which is more likely: that a major ISP is blocking traffic from the dominant operating system, or that you've configured something incorrectly?
- SanjeevSharma 13y agoI have checked all the configs - remember it work fine when I switch my ISP over to my cell phone from FiOS. I am not implying a conspiracy - just trying to get a solution