Banned from Forum, sort of.

[68vitesse]

Away in UK at the moment, if I use hotel WiFi banned from forum but fine if I connect by mobile data so not really a problem, just curious.

Regards

Paul

[johny]

Suppose hotel access not seen as secure for some reason?

[KevinR]

The IP address that the hotel you are staying in will be on the banned list as it will have a history of Forum spamming,

[PeteH]

I often see that when away in the Motorhome, and try to log on via site Wi-Fi. I have dedicated Mobile connection anyway with a Vitrually unlimited data Dual Sim Router, we stream T-V through, as well as up to 10 other devices.

The vast majority of such W-iFi conections are "unsecure" anyway, so good anti-virus is esential. I`m still using Webroot which, so far,🤞 has been 100% at flagging up dodgy sites and hacking attempts. Recomended by youngest son, part of who`s job it is to keep sections of national security secure.

Pete

[Colin Lindsay]

I took out a subscription to Nord VPN a year or so ago, as I was trying to watch Youtube videos or go to other streaming sites and was getting 'that content is unavailable in your area' message 90% of the time - they don't seem to like BT or else it has too many restrictions. Nord seems to work ok but I've found that if I forget to turn it off when I revert back to 'normal' surfing, I get blocked from a lot of my usual sites or else the content comes up blank with the message 'your IP address has been linked to spamming'. I just have to balance it out between using it, or not.