On May 30, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> I too, think it’s a router problem because it is a problem on all my devices > (3 computers, two iPhones, two iPads). > New information. I tried to upgrade to the latest version of PIA but it’s not > working. I doesn’t show up in the menu bar. > The old version is gone (I guess it might be in Time machine). I have query > into pia tech support. BTW I am running OS 10.11. Maybe the new version of PIA needs a newer macOS. I upgraded PIA with no subsequent problems a few days ago, but I’m running macOS 10.13.4. > With PIA being inactive Mail works just fine. So maybe the problem isn’t the > router. I’m just not savvy enough to understand it all. (I do use the > connection doctor window to monitor mail and that’s how I figured out why I > couldn’t send mail). Have you pressed the Show Detail button to see if the negotiations with the SMTP server proceed? > I did, as you suggested, access the router software. The only reference to > ports I could find is to ports 1 & 2 associated with my TiVo boxes. I don’t think we’re discussing the same thing. Here’s a page showing the ports TiVo uses <https://support.tivo.com/articles/Troubleshooting/Which-Network-Ports-and-IP-Addresses-Need-to-be-Open-When-Using-my-TiVo-DVR#port%204>. The relevant outbound ports needed by TiVo are in the chart I snipped from that page. TCP Ports TCP port 80 TCP port 7287 TCP port 8079 TCP port 443 TCP port 7288 TCP port 8081 TCP port 5223 TCP port 8078 TCP port 8181 > Yesterday, I used the reset button on the front of my AT&T broadband box to > reset the router - that did not seem to do any good. > > Within the router (via Safari) I rebooted the system - does not seem to do > any good (I still have the old version of pia on my laptop and I checked mail > there). > > There is a “Reset to Factory Default State” button in the router software but > it comes with a warning: "Resetting the system to the factory default state > may cause your broadband connection to not function properly and may require > reconfiguration of the system to reconnect the broadband service.” > > So I’m hesitant to press that button. In all the cases I’ve messed with, resetting the router to factory settings does not much more than wipe out your custom firewall, DHCP and port mapping settings. I’ve never configured an AT&T connection, so I don’t know whether they do something unusual in their boxes. > One last note. Up until a few days ago I had not problems sending mail when > pia was running. This leads me to more strongly suspect the router. The PIA connection bypasses the router, so it wouldn’t be affected by router configuration problems. L^2 --- Lee Larson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> The future ain’t what it used to be. — Yogi Berra --- Lee Larson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> The first sign of senility is that a man forgets his theorems, the second sign is that he forgets to zip up, the third sign is that he forgets to zip down. — Stanisław Ulam
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