TechComputers & PCsCould this router help you avoid the looming Netflix password crackdown?There’s a setting in certain Asus routers that could solve the location problem for legit Netflix subscribersWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechComputers & PCsCould this router help you avoid the looming Netflix password crackdown?There’s a setting in certain Asus routers that could solve the location problem for legit Netflix subscribersWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
There’s a setting in certain Asus routers that could solve the location problem for legit Netflix subscribers
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Netflix)
(Image credit: Netflix)
The same applies to people who work away from home and use their homeNetflixaccount in their downtime, and various others who aren’t trying to break the rules: after all, not so long ago account sharing was one of the key selling points of the service.
OpenVPN is your friend
The post details how to use OpenVPN with your Asus router and your free Asus-provided dynamic DNS address. You don’t have to use Asus’s one, but it’s the most convenient.
The focus on Asus routers is because its mid- to high-end routers all include both VPN servers and VPN clients too, which makes the process fairly easy, and which enables you to include Smart TVs in your network. Most smart TVs lack the option to fiddle around with network settings to the extent we need to here.
It gets a bit fiddly – not difficult, just a bit of form filling – but the gist is that when you want to use other devices, you route their traffic through the same router. The destination site sees all the traffic as coming from the same place as it usually comes from, because it is.
It’s important to understand the downsides of this too. It’s probably against Netflix’s terms and conditions, and it also means that the devices accessing your router can potentially use connected hardware in your home, such as your printer. And for as long as they’re connected, all their traffic is going through your broadband connection. The site’s recommendation is that users only use the VPN when they actually need to, which reduces the risk and the stress on your network. But if you don’t mind fiddling with your router’s configuration, it could solve what’s likely to be a pretty annoying problem.
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