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I cannot access eBay from my desktop computer connected to Comcast or when my phone is connected via Wi-Fi. in the computer I reset it. I cleared all the cookies. I cleared the cashe started in safe mode none of that worked and on the router I tried rebooting it that didn’t work either

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I cannot access eBay ...

If you are getting a message like "Access Denied / You don't have permission", those messages are issued by the destination site, not by Comcast. It's likely the site is blocking your public Comcast IP. You can look up your IP at https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+my+IP. If that's what's happening you'll need to ask the site's admins for help with this.

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The concern is not "Home Security Devices And Equipment" help related....................................... Topic moved here to the proper help section for assistance. 

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Okay found out it is not Comcast blocking per see. It's Akami

IPv4 Address xxxx received a bad risk score

The IPv4 Address was associated with the following malicious activity:

    • DoS Attacker

Can I just get a new IP.  No idea what this is all about, I do not do anything illegal.

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... Can I just get a new IP ...

If you're using your own modem and router, just use the "clone MAC" feature.

 

If you're using a rental Comcast device, they do not provide a way to change the IP address, and they won't change it for you, so you'd have to:

  • swap out the gateway for another, or
  • place the gateway in bridge mode and connect a Wifi router, or
  • replace your gateway with customer-owned equipment

A VPN is another possibility. If you use one your public IP won't actually change, but systems you connect to will see the IP provided by the VPN rather than your actual public IP.

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@BruceW​ Figured it out 3 days later. *Renew DCHP lease, get new IP

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Can you elaborate on this?  I'm having the same exact issue and don't understand how to do this.

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@nycnftm2023​ wrote: Figured it out 3 days later. *Renew DCHP lease, get new IP

FWIW, doing that on a computer that is connected to a combo modem / router gateway device or a stand-alone router will not serve to change one's WAN / public IP address that is assigned by Comcast's DHCP server. It will only serve to change the LAN / private IP address that is assigned by the router's built-in DHCP server.

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