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One of my wireless connections (another location) won't let me access facebook or myspace.... all others will. What is different about this connection? Windows XP/INtel ProSet Wireless card

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One of my wireless connections (another location and semi-public connection) won't let me access facebook or myspace. all other locations and connections will. Use Windows XP/intel Proset Wireless card.... Have cleared cache and deleted cookies.... Can't be firewall because works at all other locations.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== at this location only

One of my wireless connections (another location and semi-public connection) won't let me access facebook or myspace. all other locations and connections will. Use Windows XP/intel Proset Wireless card.... Have cleared cache and deleted cookies.... Can't be firewall because works at all other locations. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == at this location only

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cor-el
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See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_websites

the-edmeister
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Maybe that "hotspot" is blocking facebook and myspace? Have you tried pinging the IP addresses for those websites?

I don't use either of those websites, but I have seen YouTube being blocked on two different wi-fi hotspot networks in retail stores that I service.