GiP and working abroad

[fred.d]

Paul,
         I'd imagine most broadband routers can. Any with a private VPN 
option.

Mine is a 3 year old Asus. AX86S as it happens. But any of their routers 
running the same software have the same ability. My Mum's Fritzbox can 
do it as well.

It is simple to set up as it requires nothing other than the router 
running and the VPN set up on it and your client(s). No fees. No 
provider. No particular security issues.

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There is one caveat however...
You need to know the public IP address your router is on (effectively to 
dial home).
If you buy a service from your ISP that provides this already, it is simple.
If you don't then you need to investigate a dynamic DNS solution as well 
(A number of these are free) - or buy it from your ISP. Some may not 
offer this, some do. Of these most charge a nominal fee, one or two 
still don't and you can always negotiate when you sign up.
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On 16/11/2024 12:26, Paul Lautman wrote:
Which router is that, that has this VPN server option which allows you 
to simply "bounce" through it?

On Fri, 15 Nov 2024, 22:19 fred.d, <fred.d at timelords.org.uk> wrote:
Iplayer is blocked to UK access so you have to look as if you are in the UK.

If you don't have remote access to your home kit then the only option is
a VPN bought from a provider and this may (or may not) work when you
specify a UK exit point. May not because some VPN providers actually
work with larger content providers to maintain legitimate content access
- where laws require it amongst other reasons.

My router provides a good VPN option so personally I create my own VPN
and bounce off my home router. Cheaper than any other provider (free),
comes from my own ip address for those providers monitoring such and
doesn't require me to have any other IT kit switched on.
If you use bbc.co.uk <http://bbc.co.uk> at all, it also allows you to 
see that version of
the website rather than the world version.

Downside is you need to have set it up before you left!

If you do have access to your kit remotely - then just remote in and use
them as normal.

Hope you find a way to get what you need.

On 15/11/2024 20:38, Budge wrote:
 > Hi,
 > Slightly OT request:  I am in NZ staying with family and will be away
 > for another month or so.
 >
 > All is well except that I have been starved by absence of BBC. Here I
 > cannot get even the BBC world service or whatever it has been
 > downgraded to because the TV does not have a BBC channel.  It has AJ,
 > France 24, Euro channel, CNN and even GB News but not BBC!
 >
 > I am not worried about streaming so some questions on GiP or any
 > equivalents that I can use to access BBC.
 >
 > Is GiP geoblocked?
 > Are there equivalent methods to access the BBC content servers.  I
 > read here a long time ago that there is a yt-dl option.
 >
 > I am reaching out because I am away from my home machine and have
 > forgotten most of what I used to know about GiP.  Some of you may
 > understand!!!
 > Best wishes and regards,
 > Budge.
 >
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On 16/11/2024 12:26, Paul Lautman wrote:
> Which router is that, that has this VPN server option which allows you 
> to simply "bounce" through it?
>
> On Fri, 15 Nov 2024, 22:19 fred.d, <fred.d at timelords.org.uk> wrote:
>
>     Iplayer is blocked to UK access so you have to look as if you are
>     in the UK.
>
>     If you don't have remote access to your home kit then the only
>     option is
>     a VPN bought from a provider and this may (or may not) work when you
>     specify a UK exit point. May not because some VPN providers actually
>     work with larger content providers to maintain legitimate content
>     access
>     - where laws require it amongst other reasons.
>
>     My router provides a good VPN option so personally I create my own
>     VPN
>     and bounce off my home router. Cheaper than any other provider
>     (free),
>     comes from my own ip address for those providers monitoring such and
>     doesn't require me to have any other IT kit switched on.
>     If you use bbc.co.uk <http://bbc.co.uk> at all, it also allows you
>     to see that version of
>     the website rather than the world version.
>
>     Downside is you need to have set it up before you left!
>
>     If you do have access to your kit remotely - then just remote in
>     and use
>     them as normal.
>
>     Hope you find a way to get what you need.
>
>     On 15/11/2024 20:38, Budge wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     > Slightly OT request:  I am in NZ staying with family and will be
>     away
>     > for another month or so.
>     >
>     > All is well except that I have been starved by absence of BBC.
>     Here I
>     > cannot get even the BBC world service or whatever it has been
>     > downgraded to because the TV does not have a BBC channel.  It
>     has AJ,
>     > France 24, Euro channel, CNN and even GB News but not BBC!
>     >
>     > I am not worried about streaming so some questions on GiP or any
>     > equivalents that I can use to access BBC.
>     >
>     > Is GiP geoblocked?
>     > Are there equivalent methods to access the BBC content servers.  I
>     > read here a long time ago that there is a yt-dl option.
>     >
>     > I am reaching out because I am away from my home machine and have
>     > forgotten most of what I used to know about GiP.  Some of you may
>     > understand!!!
>     > Best wishes and regards,
>     > Budge.
>     >
>     > _______________________________________________
>     > get_iplayer mailing list
>     > get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
>     > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
>
>
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