Most of us suffer from the problem of blocked websites, which are blocked by either our ISP (Internet Service Provider), by college or at job place. It has been a common issue nowadays as there are many restrictions applied to the websites being visited in a particular place. Talking about me, I face this problem in my college very often, where my favourite websites like YouTube is also blocked. Besides it many sites providing free downloads are also blocked. So, how do I unblock websites? Here I am putting top ways to access blocked websites:
How to Unblock Websites in Your Campus?
1. Unblock Websites Using IP Address Instead of original URL
If any website is blocked in your network, it is very easy and basic method that you can use to access the desired website. In this method, you get the IP address of that particular website, and run it into your browser. Here are the steps to do so:
1. Go to command prompt (Mac users should go to terminal).
2. Enter the command: ping google.com
3. Hit Enter and you will get the IP address of google.com, and now you can visit google.com by entering this IP address like xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in your URL field of the browser.
Note: This method works only when the site is having a dedicated IP address. If the site is hosted on a shared server, you will require the username of the site owner for that shared hosting. For eg.: You will enter the URL as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/~username to access a site on a shared hosting. But you do not know the username, so it will not work. In this case, you will need to try any other method, as mentioned below.
2. Unblock Websites using Proxy Servers
Using proxy server is one of the best ways to access blocked websites. In this method, you go to a proxy server (site) and there put your desired webpage address. It will show you the desired webpage. Some popular proxy servers are: kproxy.com, hidemyass.com, proxify.net etc. These services allow you to access all the webpages, which are blocked in your network. There are many proxy servers, and no. of these servers are increasing day by day.
Note: You can also create your own proxy server very easily. You can also access websites using our own proxy server.
3. Unblock Websites using VPN
VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a group of computers or a network, like Internet. A VPN basically works for providing you the secure access to internet and different websites. It ensures that all your data which is being sent or received is encrypted and can not be stolen. But, you can also use VPN to access blocked websites in your area. VPN is basically a tool, which you will need to install in your PC, tablet etc. and connect to it for accessing websites (both blocked and unblocked). Some VPN also demand you to login with your credentials and then allow you the access. Most popular VPN tools are Hotspot Shield, Freegate VPN, Hide My IP etc.
4. Access Webpages using Wayback Machine
Wayback Machine is basically a tool, that shows you history of any website. Using Wayback Machine, you can see the webpages at the instances, when they were saved at the Wayback Machine. It might not be the original and latest, but it will give you a general idea, what you was looking for. It is good way to access static websites in past also.
5. Unblock Websites using Proxy Address
You can use your browser’s settings to access some sites. In the proxy settings, you change the proxy server and port address, which can be obtained from proxy servers like hidemyass.com etc.
Browsers like Chrome, Internet Explorer follow the settings mentioned in Internet Options in the browser. You can change the settings in Internet Options>>Connection>>LAN Settings>>Use a Proxy Server…. In Mozilla Firefox, there are inbuilt option in settings of the browser for proxy.
6. Access Webpages using Google Translation
Google Translate service is used to translate texts or webpages from one language to another. That means, if you can access Google Translate service, then you can also access any website by entering its web address in the text area for translation. Besides Google Translate there are some other translation services also avaialble, which allow you to do so, but not much popular as Google. You just need to use the English to English translation, and your site is unblocked.
7. Access Webpages using Screenshot Tools
Screenshot tools provide you the desired webpage’s screenshot. Via, this screenshot, you can view the content of that webpage. The best screenshot tool is Browershots. You can see the screenshot in many different browsers using this service.
8. Access to Webpages using RSS Feeds
This is not a very good methods, as all websites do not provide RSS feeds. But, if a website, you wish to visit; provides RSS feeds, you can subscribe to its RSS feeds and read the website content with Feed Reader.
Over to You
In this article, I have mentioned the best ways to unblock websites, which are blocked by your ISP or your network administrator. I hope, you have enjoyed this article. If you have any other suggestion and ideas to access blocked websites and webpages, let me know via comments. Thanks for reading :)
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