Scenario:
Using a popular VPN provider, I've found that it is highly likely that at least one streaming app will detect VPN usage and refuse to show some or all of its content.
The most common advice is to try a different VPN server.
After going through 60+ VPN servers, one finally worked with all of the streaming apps.
However, when the router performed its daily reboot, the VPN acquired a different IP address and rendered some of the streaming apps wholly or partially unusable.
It became obvious that VPN servers are assigned a group of different IP addresses.
It's not that a particular VPN server is the problem, it's the dynamically assigned IP address that the VPN server issues that causes streaming apps to block content viewing.
Changing to the newest VPN server might temporarily offer a fresh set of IP addresses that have yet to blocked by streaming apps.
Each router reboot is like a roulette spin that quickly lets you know if you have to login to the router and restart the VPN client multiple times to get a different IP address that allows all of the streaming apps to work.
Possible configuration:
Is there a VPN provider in the US that works with most US based streaming apps after restarting the OpenVPN client ?
- Located in the US and accessing US streaming content.
- An Internet connected router runs an OpenVPN client and is configured to route all traffic through the VPN.
- A streaming device accesses the Internet through the router.
- Each time the OpenVPN client is started, the VPN acquires a different IP address.
- The router is scheduled to reboot daily.
The most common advice is to try a different VPN server.
After going through 60+ VPN servers, one finally worked with all of the streaming apps.
However, when the router performed its daily reboot, the VPN acquired a different IP address and rendered some of the streaming apps wholly or partially unusable.
It became obvious that VPN servers are assigned a group of different IP addresses.
It's not that a particular VPN server is the problem, it's the dynamically assigned IP address that the VPN server issues that causes streaming apps to block content viewing.
Changing to the newest VPN server might temporarily offer a fresh set of IP addresses that have yet to blocked by streaming apps.
Each router reboot is like a roulette spin that quickly lets you know if you have to login to the router and restart the VPN client multiple times to get a different IP address that allows all of the streaming apps to work.
Possible configuration:
a) Have a separate Internet connected router that's rebooted daily.
b) Behind the firewall, setup another router that doesn't reboot and only runs the OpenVPN client with a VPN IP address that works with all of the streaming apps.
Is there a VPN provider in the US that works with most US based streaming apps after restarting the OpenVPN client ?
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