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<blockquote data-quote="Ricardo Servet" data-source="post: 838264" data-attributes="member: 396793">That's the techie stuff I needed to understand how and why it works, if you read the changelog for the plugin you find that those users who are detected to have ip addresses outside of the UK are routed using TUNLR if the server/player in question doesn't allow a direct connection.I guess I can't kill two birds with one stone. Never mind, the TUNLR information provided by the Huevos link will now work for me if I have to go the internet route. Like most I suspect, I'd rather point a sat dish somewhere.The TUNLR system used by the Linux plug-in uses a DNS tunneling protocol and accesses proxy servers in the USA, UK and Europe to allow access to various services including Netflix, BBC et al.You can use TUNLR direct with lots of other internet connected devices providing you are happy to live with any security implications of DNS tunneling and proxies on the device in question.Then, once setup, the page at hxxp://tunlr.net/status/ is used to determine when you've succeeded in connecting up to their system and hopefully confirms the proxies are active.I connected an old laptop to my TV using the video and audio out cables, changed my DNS as described on tunlr.net and was able to watch BBC Iplayer content and then using other tools download the content for watching later.So although there's more than one way to skin a cat, internet always boils down to proxies and bandwidth one way or another. But I imagine that 27.5w would make it a lot easier to channel hop.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ricardo Servet, post: 838264, member: 396793"] That's the techie stuff I needed to understand how and why it works, if you read the changelog for the plugin you find that those users who are detected to have ip addresses outside of the UK are routed using TUNLR if the server/player in question doesn't allow a direct connection. I guess I can't kill two birds with one stone. Never mind, the TUNLR information provided by the Huevos link will now work for me if I have to go the internet route. Like most I suspect, I'd rather point a sat dish somewhere. The TUNLR system used by the Linux plug-in uses a DNS tunneling protocol and accesses proxy servers in the USA, UK and Europe to allow access to various services including Netflix, BBC et al. You can use TUNLR direct with lots of other internet connected devices providing you are happy to live with any security implications of DNS tunneling and proxies on the device in question. Then, once setup, the page at hxxp://tunlr.net/status/ is used to determine when you've succeeded in connecting up to their system and hopefully confirms the proxies are active. I connected an old laptop to my TV using the video and audio out cables, changed my DNS as described on tunlr.net and was able to watch BBC Iplayer content and then using other tools download the content for watching later. So although there's more than one way to skin a cat, internet always boils down to proxies and bandwidth one way or another. But I imagine that 27.5w would make it a lot easier to channel hop. [/QUOTE]

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