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> my ISP blocked the router's web interface

This is the weirdest thing in your story. Your ISP disallowed you from configuring your router? I've never heard of such a thing, and it certainly sounds ... suspicious. You should be able to get to your own router without even connecting to the internet. Your ISP should never even know when you're connecting to your router. I commonly hit my router's admin page when my internet is down to figure out whether it's my computer or my external connection.

Why would your ISP want to hire so many extra people to nanny all their customer's routers for them? Are you sure this wasn't an excuse from your parents who installed parental controls on it or something?



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