I'm from USA but my Linksys WRT54G think im in Japan?

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unixsac

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Hello,

After I plug in my Linksys WRT54G, I type in google.com and it redirected me to google.co.jp. I checked my location and it say im in Japan, I connected wifi to my mobile device and open Play Store and it have Japanese words, what wrong with my router?
 
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Try setting the DNS manually in your PC to 8.8.8.8. If it is only a single device doing this it can be something like a setting or even cookies causing it.

It would be strange for a router to suddenly do that. Mostly it is some form of DNS hijack since the only other way to do that is with a vpn. You can set the DNS in your router to 8.8.8.8 if you want also. It could be your ISP DNS server that is messed up.

That is a old router. There were remote hacks that could alter the DNS. I forget if that model was affected and if it was if there was a patch. Some of the old routers they did not fix since they were end of life but the hack did not affect all routers. See if a firmware upgrade is available. You could consider...
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bill001g

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Try setting the DNS manually in your PC to 8.8.8.8. If it is only a single device doing this it can be something like a setting or even cookies causing it.

It would be strange for a router to suddenly do that. Mostly it is some form of DNS hijack since the only other way to do that is with a vpn. You can set the DNS in your router to 8.8.8.8 if you want also. It could be your ISP DNS server that is messed up.

That is a old router. There were remote hacks that could alter the DNS. I forget if that model was affected and if it was if there was a patch. Some of the old routers they did not fix since they were end of life but the hack did not affect all routers. See if a firmware upgrade is available. You could consider dd-wrt but that is such a old router it maybe time to buy a newer one.
 
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