The Sonic Wall filtering program is a firewall used by network administrators in school and work environments to prevent users from accessing certain types of Web pages. The program typically blocks websites that don't have any direct relevance to the organization that runs the network, such as online games, chat rooms or pornographic Web pages. If the Sonic Wall filter is blocking a Web page you need to access, it is possible to get around the block by using a loophole. Sonic Wall only blocks the text address of the Web page and not the actual Internet Protocol (IP) number your computer accesses when you type that address.
Instructions
- 1
Navigate to one of the IP address look-up Web pages. Try each Web page until you find one that hasn't been blocked by your local Sonic Wall administrator.
2Find the text box near the top of the IP look-up website. Type the Universal Resource Locater (URL) of the Web page you trying to visit.
3Click on the "Get IP Address" button located under the text box. Wait for a new page to load that has the IP address of the Web page you want to visit.
4Highlight the IP address, then copy it by pressing the "Ctrl" and "C" keys at the same time. Click inside the address navigation toolbar at the top of your Web browser. Paste the IP address by pressing the "Ctrl" and "V" keys at the same time.
5Hit the "Enter" key to navigate to the Web page that was previously blocked by Sonic Wall.
