How to Override a Sonicwall
Sonicwall is a filtering program used by schools, businesses, and even individual home network administrators to prevent computer users from accessing specific types of websites that aren't pertinent to the main use of the computer. Sonicwall has a security loophole you can take advantage of to access those sites anyway. The program only blocks the Universal Resource Locater (URL) of the website and not the actual Internet Protocol (IP) address behind the URL. You can use an IP look up service to access the blocked web pages.
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Instructions
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Open up your web browsing program and click on the navigation bar at the top of the window. Enter in the web address for a web page that can look up Internet Protocol addresses such as "URL to IP Converter" or "Self SEO IP Lookup" (see Resources). Hit the Enter key to navigate your web browser to the site.
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Enter the web address of a different IP look-up website if the first one has already been blocked by the Sonicwall administrator.
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Access the Internet Protocol look-up section of the website and then click on the text box. Enter in the full URL of the website that you want to access. Click on the "Get IP" button and wait for a new page to load in your web browser.
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Click at the beginning of the IP address for the website and drag across the entire string of numbers so that the entire address is highlighted. Right-click on the highlighted string of numbers and then choose the "Copy" option from the menu that pops up.
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Right-click on the navigation tool bar at the top of the window and then choose the "Paste" option. Hit the Enter key to override the Sonicwall filtering program and access the web page.
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Tips & Warnings
The Sonicwall administrator may have already manually blocked all of the IP look up websites available. If that is the case, you may need to look up the IP number of the web page at an off site computer and simply write down the address.
If the administrator of the Sonicwall filtering program discovers that you are overriding the filter, there could potentially be disciplinary consequences such as being banned from accessing any computers on the premises.
Resources
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