How to Access Blocked Sites

Websites are blocked for a number of reasons. However to access blocked sites is easily done by using a few neat tricks or by reaching the site via a proxy. This tutorial will help you unblock a website with just a few steps.

 Solution 1: How to Use Proxy Settings

A proxy is a kind of buffer between your computer and the internet. Why would you want a buffer between your computer and the internet? The main reason it's used by many is to hide your IP address.


Your IP address holds vital information about your computer location and ISP.  Your IP address is used to restrict what you see on the net. You can access blocked sites by using a proxy. 

In Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer, Click Tools.
  2. Click Internet Options, choose the Connections tab
  3. Click LAN Settings.
  4. Under Proxy server, select the Use a proxy server for your LAN  
  5. .In the Address box, type the IP address of the proxy server.> 
  6. In the Port box, type the port number
  7. ieClick OK
Use the internet option to set up a proxy. This will allow you to
Use the LAN Proxy settings to access block sites


In Firefox

  1.  Open Firefox, choose "Tools" menu
  2. Scroll down to "Options" and Click.
  3. Choose "Advanced" Tab
  4.  Under Connections Click "Settings"
  5.  Choose "Manual proxy configuration"
  6.  Type in your <b>proxy number</b><br>
  7. . Click use this proxy server for all protocols
  8.  Restart your browser
Access block sites using Firefox proxy protocols.


Easy Ways to Access Blocked Sites


Solution 2: Web Proxies 

A web proxy is a website that allows you to use it to access a block websites. This is different from manual proxy by reducing the steps need to reach your desired webpage. There are private and public web proxies. Of course the private ones are faster.

But the big advantage of a web proxy is that it allows you to surf anonymously without leaving an web tracks and information about your online activities on your computer.

Web proxies will give you the ability to enter block sites. Click Here to learn more! 

Solution 3: Google Translate Trick

You can get Google to unblock a website for you by going to translating that page. This is essential using Google Translate Service as a Proxy. Simply copy the webpage URL  into Google translate box.  You can leave the translate into setting in English. 

An easy way to access blocked sites is to use Google Translate


Solution 4: Use the Website's IP 

You can access blocked sites by using the sites IP address. This will allow you to sidestep a security option that blocks URLS which is the traditional way of blocking sites. 

  1.  Open the command prompt
  2. Ping the website you want to unblock by typing "ping www.website.com" without the ""
  3. Copy the IP next to "Reply From"
  4. Paste the IP into your address bar.
Use the dos prompt to ping a website. This is an easy way to access blocked sites.

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