AAAARRRGHHHHH!! Help me figure this out....

[sdkid]

I did an update to my router (Asus RT-AX57) a few days ago. It is now blocking access to a website: Hertzcarsales.com WTH??? I can go to Hertz.com... but not hertzcarsales.com. I assume this is my router misbehaving in some way, as every computer on my lan get's THIS response when trying to go to that site, and, I CAN go to the site using my phone on cell data. 4 different browsers, incognito mode, incognito with TOR, doesn't matter...



In the router, I whitelisted the url within "Malicious Site Blocking"
I checked DNS on my computer and on the router.
I double-checked to see if I got an assigned ISP IP that is blacklisted (not an issue).

What the hell am I missing here???

 

[sdkid]

Part of the update process for the firmware was to do a full Factory RESET on the hardware. I really did not want to do that, but it was necessary. After doing that and then going through the process of blocking all my cams from the internet again, I restarted the "AiProtection" software, and all is working properly again.

 

[TonyR]

I'd like a dollar for the times since the 80's I've had to resort to the old <CNTL>< ALT>< DEL>, press the reset button or power cycle a device after spending hours wanting to discover "WHY?" before doing that so that I could learn something or feel like I actually fixed it....then finally I'd give in with "what the heck" and do it because I needed it to be working again!