There are many reasons authorities block access to certain websites. Some workplaces may block social media sites or access to your personal email. You might also experience blocks at your university, college or school.
If you find yourself in this situation, and are looking at a workaround you can apply to overcome this block, don’t worry, we have 5 ways you can try.
We have listed 5 methods here you can try, because different types of blocks require different types of techniques to bypass. Do try each of them to you find one that works for your situation.
1. Accessing Via IP Instead of URL
Some software block website pages by its name or URL only. For example: a block may be applied on www.facebook.com but not on the IP of the website.
You can get the IP from Terminal on OS X or Command Prompt if you using Windows. Insert this and press Enter.
ping yourdomain.com
Copy the IP that is shown in the results onto your browser’s address bar and open the site as usual.
2. Use A Proxy Site
There are many free web proxies that provide services to browse the web anonymously. You can use them to access any blocked site easily. Just go the website and enter the URL you wnat to browse.
How does this work? When you browse a website using a proxy site, you are not actually connected to that website. You are connected to the proxy server, while the proxy server is the one that is connected to the true website destination. What you see is cached version of the site that the proxy server gives to you.
You can try Proxysite or Proxery, but if you want more options, check out Newproxysite.
3. Use a VPN Service
A Virtual Private Network or VPN is a remote server that gives you private access through a public network. VPN makes it looks as though you are browsing from the country where the server is located, thereby hiding your real identity.
There are many VPN service providers you can use, some offer services for free, others require a subscription. Hola is one of the best free VPN service. It allows you to browse privately and without censorship, and it has a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox users.
4. Use TOR Browser
Tor is a browser that allows you to browse anonymously, prevent your browsing habits or your location from being tracked, ensuring privacy. Thanks to volunteers from around the world that create this distributed network of relays, you can browse under the protection of Tor.
To use, first you need to download the Tor Browser; install it like a usual application. Open the application, then click Connect to start your connection with the Tor network.
5. Using Public DNS of ISPs
Some Internet Service Providers (ISP) use their own DNS to block access to some websites. To open the block you can bypass the restriction from ISP using Google Public DNS.
Under the DNS configuration of yoru network, change your DNS to the following Google Public DNS IP addresses as your primary or secondary DNS server.
IPv4
8.8.8.88.8.4.4
IPv6
2001:4860:4860::88882001:4860:4860::8844
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