On 19/04/2021 09:40, Chris J Dixon wrote:
SH wrote:

Perhaps your IP address has been mixed up with a known IP address
belonging to a known ticket tout?

As a quick test, you could download and install Opera and turn on the
VPN within it. Then try the website within Opera with the VPN turned on
and see what happens?

By Jove! The Opera VPN allows me in.

So, what is my next move?

Chris


OK, its clear that the IP address you are on is black-listed somewhere,
either by the website's own firewall or as part of a security feature
the website pays for (which appears to be the Cloudflare ray whatsit
from your other reply).

It sounds as if the website is paying for Cloudflare's services, it will
not make any difference changing your DNS settings, you would still be
on the same IP and still blocked.

So you several options:

1. use a VPN. Quite a few good ones out there such as Tunnel Bear or
Windscribe, think you get a feww GB/month free, this will then work for
your whole machine whereas the VPN within Opera is just for use within
Opera.

2. Ask VM to give you a static IP. This may not be free or available as
an option

3. The Superhub can operate in modem or router mode. switching from one
to the other changes the VM IP but it does mean you then have to make
changes to your own home network setup.

4. Dump VM and go with a different ISP.

5. Just use Opera with the VPN for more "challenging" sites.