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Question

Tumblr videos won't play on home wifi

Mar 24, 2015 12:21PM PDT

Videos on Tumblr won't play on my wifi. Both my laptop and phone are having this problem. When I switch to 3G on my phone, the videos play. And when I am using a different wifi network, they play then as well. I can't figure out what the problem would be with my wifi. I've checked my firewall settings and stuff like that. There's no security software that would be blocking them. I've tried a lot of different things but nothing has worked. Does anyone know what the issue might be? It's only videos on Tumblr that don't play. Videos on other sites play just fine.

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Sounds like this person's issue?
Mar 24, 2015 12:56PM PDT
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It does seem the same
Mar 25, 2015 12:20AM PDT

I've seen that post before, but the guy never says what solved his problem. And no I have not turned off the firewall. This problem only started a few months ago. Before that the videos played just fine. I didn't change any kind of settings with the firewall.

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The thing is, Windows, antivirus and apps update
Mar 25, 2015 12:36AM PDT

So there were changes beyond your control. Since you don't want to try things you may end up like the other discussion.

Or it's the ISP doing something weird. In parting, 2 ideas. Router firewall and try another DNS.
Bob