# Hi everyone, can network get banned connecting to makecode server?

**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [May 27, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977 "2024-05-27T18:48:20Z")
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### Author: ![TimothyBastiaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TimothyBastiaan](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TimothyBastiaan)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/1 "2024-05-27T18:48:20Z")

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Hi Everyone, i have some problem, and want some advice

so I live in Indonesia and we opened a STEM club, we use makecode microbit and makecode arcade regularly in our lessons, but since 24 may, we can not open both websites with our wifi network, and it’s causing some disturbance in our lesson plan. but when I try to open it with my mobile data, its working fine.

is my wifi banned from accessing the makecode server?

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### Author: ![WoofWoof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/woofwoof/32/32523_2.png) [@WoofWoof](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WoofWoof)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/2 "2024-05-28T02:41:10Z")

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I haven’t heard anything about Makecode blocking access to their services, but I would consult your IT team about blocked websites. They may have seen many kids using a “game” website and blocked it on your end, as they do with most gaming sites. So getting that unblocked would fix the issue. I, too, had to message the IT team in my school to have Makecode unblocked, so it should be pretty simple, especially if you are a teacher because they will probably listen to you.

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### Author: ![TimothyBastiaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TimothyBastiaan](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TimothyBastiaan)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/3 "2024-05-28T17:51:32Z")

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That’s not an option because I am part of the IT team and developer, and we haven’t changed anything. but thanks for trying to help, it is much appreciated

but if it helps, the last action I take before we can’t access the site is, to make an arcade kiosk machine using some Raspberry Pi, microbit controller, and Python script to get the microbit data to emulate keyboard control.

can it be the reason they block the network because I use a script to control the [arcade.microbit.com/--kiosk](http://arcade.microbit.com/--kiosk) movement? maybe they treated it as a script attack on the server?

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### Author: ![WoofWoof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/woofwoof/32/32523_2.png) [@WoofWoof](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WoofWoof)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/4 "2024-05-29T02:48:05Z")

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Ah, I see. I don’t know much about really any of that. Maybe someone in the [Educator’s Lounge](https://forum.makecode.com/c/educators-lounge/24) might be able to help? I am also gonna call upon Makecode dev @richard because maybe they can give some more insight into this issue. Personally, I really don’t know much about the backend of Makecode, so I really can’t help more than I have. Good luck!!

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### Author: ![TimothyBastiaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TimothyBastiaan](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TimothyBastiaan)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/6 "2024-05-29T17:00:12Z")

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thank you so much for the help

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### Author: ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/7 "2024-05-29T17:02:23Z")

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@TimothyBastiaan we certainly didn’t block you (or at least, not intentionally). i think it’s more likely that either this is an issue with your network configuration or ISP. are you able to reach any of our pages on the [makecode.com](http://makecode.com) domain? what error are you getting specifically? can you post a screenshot?

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### Author: ![TimothyBastiaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TimothyBastiaan](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TimothyBastiaan)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/8 "2024-05-29T17:59:00Z")

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> [@Hi everyone, can network get banned connecting to makecode server?](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/5):
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> you may be able to use a vpn and connect to another country

Currently, we are using a VPN to connect to the microbit and arcade websites. just want to know if there’s any possibility why we cannot access the site

> [@Hi everyone, can network get banned connecting to makecode server?](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/7):
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> @TimothyBastiaan we certainly didn’t block you (or at least, not intentionally). i think it’s more likely that either this is an issue with your network configuration or ISP. are you able to reach any of our pages on the [makecode.com](http://makecode.com) domain? what error are you getting specifically? can you post a screenshot?

As for the ISP, I already contacted them and still waiting for their answer.  
and as far as I know, I can visit the [forum.makecode.com](http://forum.makecode.com) just fine, haven’t really tried to visit other [makecode.com](http://makecode.com) domains except for [arcade.makecode.com](http://arcade.makecode.com) and [makecode.microbit.com](http://makecode.microbit.com)

well there’s no error message just white blank spaces, and yeah already done the usual stuff like

- Check “is it down” website checking sites. ( well for this it seems the server is up)
- ​Completely shutdown and restart the computer
- Switch off your internet connection for a while
- Try a different browser.
- Try incognito/private mode
- Clear browser cache

Here I have attached some pictures when I tried to access the site:

 ![Screenshot 2024-05-24 233222](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/9/970ae95d78871e9f4663a690779b7e928d5ef332.png)  
 ![Screenshot 2024-05-24 234026](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/d/d99373a17c2776a8a0e984a8cd8b354ab9f10944.png)

if you need more details, I will gladly send any info that you need

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### Author: ![TimothyBastiaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TimothyBastiaan](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TimothyBastiaan)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/9 "2024-05-29T17:59:01Z")

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also, I forget to mention that I already open a support ticket in [support.microbit.org](http://support.microbit.org) regarding this matter hopefully it can help to shed a light to this matter

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### Author: ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/10 "2024-05-29T18:02:06Z")

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interesting… looks like the domain that’s blocked is our CDN.

@TimothyBastiaan can you go to [https://makecode.microbit.org/domains](https://makecode.microbit.org/domains) and screenshot the results?

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### Author: ![TimothyBastiaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TimothyBastiaan](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TimothyBastiaan)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/11 "2024-05-29T18:23:45Z")

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sure here is the result :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/b/b217153f377a89d1038e897e41025d2e3ea7af88.png)

it seems I cannot access the [pxt.azureedge.net](http://pxt.azureedge.net), is that the problem is ?

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### Author: ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/12 "2024-05-29T18:24:12Z")

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@TimothyBastiaan yup, that’s the domain that you’re going to need to get unblocked by your ISP.

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### Author: ![TimothyBastiaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TimothyBastiaan](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TimothyBastiaan)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/13 "2024-05-29T18:36:24Z")

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ok, then I’m gonna ask the ISP to test the domain.

Thanks Richard for the help I update again when there’s an answer from my ISP

but just to make sure it is mainly from my ISP blocking that site right?  
nothing to do with my Python scripting?  
if there’s a possibility from my Python script I try searching other ways so it doesn’t happen again

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### Author: ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/14 "2024-05-29T18:38:06Z")

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@TimothyBastiaan definitely a network issue, your python script shouldn’t cause any issues!

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### Author: ![TimothyBastiaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TimothyBastiaan](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TimothyBastiaan)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/15 "2024-05-30T05:24:16Z")

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ok then thanks for the help

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### Author: ![TimothyBastiaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TimothyBastiaan](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TimothyBastiaan)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/hi-everyone-can-network-get-banned-connecting-to-makecode-server/28977/16 "2024-06-04T16:50:19Z")

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Just want to update you guys, my [makecode.microbit.org](http://makecode.microbit.org) and [arcade.makecode.com](http://arcade.makecode.com) already working, and suddenly the [pxt.azureedge.net](http://pxt.azureedge.net) connection became a success, i didn’t really know what happened since I have been so busy these past few days. hopefully, this forum can help other people who have the same problem as me. Thank you all for the help
