The really, REALLY annoying part, (at least for my ego) is that this is the first thread I've had to start. I have ALWAYS been able to find a solution here (about 60% of the time) or elsewhere.
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Excuse me, I'm going to spend the next several hours kicking my own a$$...

I do surveys. It's a bit of money. One of them used a connection to my modem to record my activity. So, the system was...

Duplicate of the above. Move along.

Um...I know it's not something that we notice...but both the link you posted and Samish's are https links.

I'm going to see if I can do something with Ubuntu. This is REALLY annoying. Like I said...

OpenDNS is another site I can't get to, even to validate the DNS entries on the adapter page (Network and Sharing Center/Ethernet Status/Properties).

Also, I tried pinging Google. 100% loss.

MTU is 1492

And the Richard-slater.co.uk eventually did come up.

That site is another that won't come up. (I get a blank page and a long attempt to connect judging by the activity spinner).

1. I have no problems connecting to any site on my Android phone, which goes through the same router.
2. The time and time zone are both right. I've also tried with the time zone set to central (I'm...

OK, I'm on the second day of this.

I CANNOT connect to any secure site, nor can the built-in stuff like signing into my Microsoft account, using the Media Creation Tool or anything that would go...