Why has my one Android device suddenly not been able to access a specific site?

[AC Question]

About a week ago, I noticed that I didn't get a single email all day (gmail). That is very unusual. I suspected maybe it was the gmail app, so I tried going directly to [the url of google mail, which I can't post here as I don't have enough posts to give a link] in the browser... it eventually times out. I went to my laptop on the same wifi laptop and experienced the same thing. OK, its either Google is down or something on my network. That's fine. I phone a friend and find out it is working for him so probably my network.

I reboot the modem and my router and now I can access gmail on my desktop, my laptop and my wife's Android device... but my Android device still times out when going to [subdomain = mail, domain = google, extension = com] in a browser and when trying to fetch new mail from the Gmail App.

I've rebooted. I've reset the App and re-updated it. I can't find any way to flush DNS or anything like that. i've re-rebooted the modem and router.

Any idea why a single Android device won't work on this specific url all of the sudden? As far as I can tell, I can go to any other site out there, including google's search engine. The browser works, app store works, etc.

Thoughts?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Which device is it? Does this only happen on your wi-fi network, or also on mobile data or other wi-fi networks?

 

[bcsteeve]

Hi and thanks for the welcome and the reply!

It is an older wifi only tablet. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3.0.

I don't know yet if it is on my wifi only, or if it would do the same on a different wifi. I don't get a lot of opportunity to try it elsewhere.

ps. if it isn't obvious, I registered and I am the O.P. of this thread

 

[B. Diddy]

Try logging into your router's settings (check the router manual to learn how), and turn off IPv6 temporarily--see if that helps.

 

[bcsteeve]

Thanks B.Diddy.

It may have, but it is moot now.

I went to a shop with a hotspot and connected there to check, and it worked so then I knew it was something with my network? But what? I may never know, because once I connected back to my home network it magically resolved itself.

Thanks for your help and sorry to bother.