How to Bypass Sonicwall to Watch YouTube

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Are you trying to access a website and your system has a sonic firewall on it? Here's a great way to bypass sonic firewall in your school network or your office.

Steps

IP Bypassing

Go to Start and type “cmd.exe” in the search bar. Click on cmd.exe to open the command prompt window.

Type the following command: “ping www.youtube.com” (without quotes) and press Enter.

Type the following command: “nslookup www.youtube.com” (without quotes) and press Enter.

Save the IP addresses. Right click on the command prompt window and select Mark.

Select and copy the group of IP addresses. Highlight them with your mouse and enter Ctrl + C, or right-click and select Copy.

Open Notepad and paste in the IP addresses. You can either press Ctrl + V, or right-click and select Paste. Now you have all the IP addresses in Notepad, click Ctrl + S to save the file.

Enter the following command in the URL bar: 1 (as a numeral) with three curvy brackets around it on either side. If this doesn't work, try another method below.

Mapping

Open the Hosts file in Notepad. You can find it at: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.

Inside the Hosts file, paste all the IP addresses that you found in Method Two using nslookup. Enter "www.youtube.com" (without quotes) after all the IP addresses.

Save the Hosts file. Enter Ctrl + S, or go to File and select Save.

Name the IP addresses. Add a space or tab to the end of each IP address, then enter a name you want to use to reference this site. Use a name that firewalls won't have on their blacklists (blocked sites). Your new line should look like: 47.125.31.113 www.youtube.com

Type one of the IP address in the browser address bar to open YouTube.

Press Enter to test browsing to the site. If this doesn't work, try another method below.

Hex Conversion

Use a hex-based IP address. If your school's firewalls also block IP addresses, try visiting the site via a hex-based IP address. Hex is a numbering system that is known as "base-16," whereas regular numbers are "base-10," and is understood by browsers. Firefox will use the hex address without changing it, while IE will convert it into a "base-10" IP address.