Wi-fi blocking me from spotify and whatsapp

[Georgeskal]

Hello,

Basically i can't use my spotify anymore (it loads for like 5 minutes and then says something went wrong),same with spotify web player and also i can't open whatsapp with whatsapp web either.

They both worked fine until 4-5 days ago when they just suddenly stopped working, but when i connect my laptop to data from my phone everything works again.

Note that using incognito mode somehow fixes spotify web player but not whatsapp.

I re-installed Spotify multiple times to make sure its not a client issue and now idk what to do so any suggestions would be great.

P.S gaming without spotify is kinda lame.

[Kilrah]

Tried rebooting your router?

[Georgeskal]

1 hour ago, Kilrah said:

Tried rebooting your router?

Did it multiple times, only thing that worked was forgetting my wi-fi then putting it again which fixed it until i restared my laptop now it's broken again

[LogicalDrm]

13 hours ago, Georgeskal said:

Did it multiple times, only thing that worked was forgetting my wi-fi then putting it again which fixed it until i restared my laptop now it's broken again

Does laptop have ethernet port or would it be possible to even try such? It does sound like you may need change router.

 

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[av1ty]

Where are you from? Maybe your country's range of ip addresses are in a block list for example idk.

[Georgeskal]

1 hour ago, av1ty said:

Where are you from? Maybe your country's range of ip addresses are in a block list for example idk.

I'm from Lebanon

[Georgeskal]

1 hour ago, LogicalDrm said:

Does laptop have ethernet port or would it be possible to even try such? It does sound like you may need change router.

 

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Yes it does have an ethernet port and it doesnt work when i plug it in either,

but it  works if i use wifi bridge from my phone to my laptop, for some reason it only stops working if im directly connected to my router

[Kilrah]

Maybe try changing your DNS to 1.1.1.1 (cloudflare) or 8.8.8.8 (google), a search suggests ISPs might sometimes be blocking DNS for these in Lebanon...

[LogicalDrm]

17 minutes ago, Georgeskal said:

Yes it does have an ethernet port and it doesnt work when i plug it in either,

but it  works if i use wifi bridge from my phone to my laptop, for some reason it only stops working if im directly connected to my router

Sounds like you need new router.

 

2 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Maybe try changing your DNS to 1.1.1.1 (cloudflare) or 8.8.8.8 (google), a search suggests ISPs might sometimes be blocking DNS for these in Lebanon...

But then why would mobile work.

[Kilrah]

1 hour ago, LogicalDrm said:

But then why would mobile work.

They said that when it's working they're using their phone as hotspot, so going through mobile data instead of home connection

[LogicalDrm]

1 hour ago, Kilrah said:

They said that when it's working they're using their phone as hotspot, so going through mobile data instead of home connection

If mobile provider is also routing through Lebanese DNS?

[Kilrah]

1 hour ago, LogicalDrm said:

If mobile provider is also routing through Lebanese DNS?

Then it wouldn't work, but the point is it could be ISP-specific and is worth trying. I did a quick search and came across someone who said that solved it for them. 

 

I've been in ME countries and both the gov and individual providers do weird things...