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Old 25-01-2016, 23:01
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Possibly with a Humax HDR1100S, but it is for use in France, can I use it via a vpn?

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Old 26-01-2016, 06:57
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Possibly with a Humax HDR1100S, but it is for use in France, can I use it via a vpn?

Ta chaps,

Steve
Assuming that you are receiving good signals on your Foxsat in France then yes.
A smart DNS service should be faster than a VPN as no need to encrypt/decrypt and simple to setup.

A VPN would also be far from easy to setup, traffic would have to be routed via a VPN router or via a PC.

The unit also functions well with a local IP address without being able to play on-demand content.
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Old 26-01-2016, 09:31
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Thanks for that. I have a Foxsat HDR there at the moment, but my son wants one in his room, so I am giving him that and upgrading the one in the lounge. Ideally I want to be able to watch iplayer etc for catch up.

So you mean a dns service like dyndns?

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Old 30-01-2016, 16:51
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Thanks for that. I have a Foxsat HDR there at the moment, but my son wants one in his room, so I am giving him that and upgrading the one in the lounge. Ideally I want to be able to watch iplayer etc for catch up.

So you mean a dns service like dyndns?

Steve
No that is a dynamic DNS service, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_DNS_proxy_server for description.
Search for "smart DNS service UK" and you should find a few offerings.
Check that they offer what you want.

On the HDR-1100S turn off your router's DHCP server to get it to offer manual DNS settings. Then you can set it up and get it to offer manual settings again.
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