UK IP address in Austria at WiFi level

[foliedouce]

My other half has a place in Austria and she’d like to watch UK TV streaming apps if possible

The Smart TV streams over WiFi so is it possible to get a UK IP address over WiFi?

She can watch UK TV using a VPN on her laptop / tablet but can’t find a way of doing it via WiFi?

Can anyone recommend a way of doing this?

Thanks

[psi310398]

I use ExpressVPN on my laptop (?£65 a year for three devices) to get to such services when abroad and it works most of the time. NordVPN also has a good rep. But the BBC/National Lottery/others use countermeasures and you sometimes have to hop between servers to get service

One of the three devices could be her router which would then offer the VPN to all her wifi and hard cabled devices. If she looks on VPN service offerers' sites she will see which routers can be configured and how. Failing that, configuring the VPN on the laptop or tablet will do.

To be almost certain not to be detected by the BBC Stasi it is generally better to have a dedicated VPN server - I think NordVPN offers this but at greater expense than the bog standard service.

[Ynox]

To do so via wifi, without any software running on your device means you need to use a VPN at the router level.

I've got an Asus router that can do this. Unfortunately you're into the realms of pro-sumer gear and it gets a bit more fiddly than simply plugging in the router and letting it work.

https://www.techradar.com/uk/how-to/how-to-install... is a reasonable article on this.

[Corso Marche]

What I did in the past was left an old laptop running in the corner of the room, unseen and with the screen off. It was connected to the router via an Ethernet cable, and configured to act as a Wi-Fi access point whilst running a VPN connection on the laptop. If I had to use the VPN I just switched Wi-Fi networks.
I did it at the time because I had old gear sitting around and it cost nothing to do other than time for the initial configuration.

[crmcatee]

Can't she run an access point on her phone/tablet/laptop running the VPN - the TV then connects to that instead of the normal wifi network.

[troc]

Which TV? You could look at a ‘smart DNS’ solution. These are usually offered by most decent VPN providers. You then switch the DNS in the tv from auto to the specific one they give you and voila. I use this for my Samsung TVs to get BBC iPlayer etc from the Netherlands.

[andy_s]

I work away a lot and use a 'AlwaysHome Duo' double dongle - one which sits on the router at home in the UK while the other connects to local wifi abroad and retransmits its own wifi signal. You then connect laptop/phone/TV to this dongle's wifi and it routes all traffic as if direct from your home (UK) wifi, i.e. the IP is your UK home. You can use your 'away' dongle wherever you have wifi, so cafes/friends etc.

You can get a 'solo' version and they provide the 'UK' end, but can't comment how that works as I use the Duo. Support was very good for initial setup problems purely due to my inherent technophobia.

Off the top of my head it was about £100 for the devices and a years subscription, after that I think it's about £40pa to just subscribe.

Works well with me on all services that have geolocation issues.

https://www.homingsystems.com/

Edited by andy_s on Sunday 12th August 10:43

[Troubleatmill]

andy_s said:

I work away a lot and use a 'AlwaysHome Duo' double dongle - one which sits on the router at home in the UK while the other connects to local wifi abroad and retransmits its own wifi signal. You then connect laptop/phone/TV to this dongle's wifi and it routes all traffic as if direct from your home (UK) wifi, i.e. the IP is your UK home. You can use your 'away' dongle wherever you have wifi, so cafes/friends etc.

You can get a 'solo' version and they provide the 'UK' end, but can't comment how that works as I use the Duo. Support was very good for initial setup problems purely due to my inherent technophobia.

Off the top of my head it was about £100 for the devices and a years subscription, after that I think it's about £40pa to just subscribe.

Works well with me on all services that have geolocation issues.

https://www.homingsystems.com/

Edited by andy_s on Sunday 12th August 10:43

Sir - I owe you a virtual beer! Thank you.

[foliedouce]

andy_s said:

I work away a lot and use a 'AlwaysHome Duo' double dongle - one which sits on the router at home in the UK while the other connects to local wifi abroad and retransmits its own wifi signal. You then connect laptop/phone/TV to this dongle's wifi and it routes all traffic as if direct from your home (UK) wifi, i.e. the IP is your UK home. You can use your 'away' dongle wherever you have wifi, so cafes/friends etc.

You can get a 'solo' version and they provide the 'UK' end, but can't comment how that works as I use the Duo. Support was very good for initial setup problems purely due to my inherent technophobia.

Off the top of my head it was about £100 for the devices and a years subscription, after that I think it's about £40pa to just subscribe.

Works well with me on all services that have geolocation issues.

https://www.homingsystems.com/

Edited by andy_s on Sunday 12th August 10:43

Massive thanks, this looks like the easiest / simplest option

[andy_s]

De nada, you're welcome - I got mine via Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01DPBRLZC/ref...

[Jakarta]

www.smartdnsproxy.com is my answer, I use it to have my whole home on a 'UK network' to watch UK streaming over all my media units, TV's, Amazon Fire, phones, computers etc.

At least I did till my new ISP won't let you modify proxy settings at the router level.
Without meaning to hijack...
I have a my own ASUS router plugged in to the LAN port of the supplied router, as it's being used in this manner as a bridge I am unable to change the proxy settings in my ASUS. The ISP router will not let me change the settings (I tried and cocked it up, had to reset back to factory settings). Is there a work around for this, I still have another 18 months left with SmartDNS?

[anonymous-user]

Jakarta said:

www.smartdnsproxy.com is my answer, I use it to have my whole home on a 'UK network' to watch UK streaming over all my media units, TV's, Amazon Fire, phones, computers etc.

At least I did till my new ISP won't let you modify proxy settings at the router level.
Without meaning to hijack...
I have a my own ASUS router plugged in to the LAN port of the supplied router, as it's being used in this manner as a bridge I am unable to change the proxy settings in my ASUS. The ISP router will not let me change the settings (I tried and cocked it up, had to reset back to factory settings). Is there a work around for this, I still have another 18 months left with SmartDNS?

I use smartdns too. Also can't change settings in router so have set up a separate wifi SSD and then set the DNS for that SsD on the PC and TV that I use it on. So if I want basic connectivity I use the standard SSD and router DNS and if I want to use smartdns then I select the other SSD

[RammyMP]

I know it’s a bit off topic but has anyone used a Slingbox and has it worked? I bought a Belkin alternative once but I could never get it working with the BT router.

[Ynox]

Used to use one a long time ago for work purposes. Had it connected up on the customer's network and used the player to remotely control a set top box.

I'd not have wanted to use one to watch TV at home, and this was located at the NOC for the customer so we had a gig+ internet connection (this was 10 years or so ago)!