Internet Browser Abroad Question
Feb 14, 2015 | 10:34 am
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Internet Browser Abroad Question
Hello My Fellow FTers -
I need some help - I tried to google it and I can't seem to find it. I want to log into some websites from my hotel room in Mongolia (like Netflix) and it won't allow me because of the country I'm logging from. I remember being able to get on to any website with a specific internet browser...I can't remember the name. Can someone here help me?
Thanks!
UG
I need some help - I tried to google it and I can't seem to find it. I want to log into some websites from my hotel room in Mongolia (like Netflix) and it won't allow me because of the country I'm logging from. I remember being able to get on to any website with a specific internet browser...I can't remember the name. Can someone here help me?
Thanks!
UG
Feb 14, 2015 | 12:27 pm
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You either need to set up a proxy server which routes your browser's traffic through e.g. an US IP. Or log into a VPN.
I've never come accross any browser that does IP shadowing or whatsoever on its own.
I've never come accross any browser that does IP shadowing or whatsoever on its own.
Feb 14, 2015 | 2:14 pm
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Without vpn - for Windows 7 or 8, try (it might or might not work) using latest Chrome or Firefox as your browser, download Hola Better Internet and install as your extension/add-ons, restart browser and try again. With Android tablet/TV Box or Linux, try using "Set DNS" (free app) - also, change your router/adapter settings with DNS, use "open dns" instead of google or ISP"s default ones to bypass geoblocking via your ip address.
From Mongolia, you might also have the great (fire)wall of China blocking or filtering - ok in accessing BBC, CNN and other popular US/UK sites?
From Mongolia, you might also have the great (fire)wall of China blocking or filtering - ok in accessing BBC, CNN and other popular US/UK sites?
Feb 14, 2015 | 10:27 pm
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Only if OP is specifically located in Inner Mongolia (part of the PRC). Otherwise, Mongolia is an entirely separate country that once was part of the USSR. Other than proximity, it has nothing to do with China.
Feb 15, 2015 | 4:59 am
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Hello My Fellow FTers -
I need some help - I tried to google it and I can't seem to find it. I want to log into some websites from my hotel room in Mongolia (like Netflix) and it won't allow me because of the country I'm logging from. I remember being able to get on to any website with a specific internet browser...I can't remember the name. Can someone here help me?
Thanks!
UG
I need some help - I tried to google it and I can't seem to find it. I want to log into some websites from my hotel room in Mongolia (like Netflix) and it won't allow me because of the country I'm logging from. I remember being able to get on to any website with a specific internet browser...I can't remember the name. Can someone here help me?
Thanks!
UG
Feb 15, 2015 | 8:29 am
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Hello My Fellow FTers -
I need some help - I tried to google it and I can't seem to find it. I want to log into some websites from my hotel room in Mongolia (like Netflix) and it won't allow me because of the country I'm logging from. I remember being able to get on to any website with a specific internet browser...I can't remember the name. Can someone here help me?
Thanks!
UG
I need some help - I tried to google it and I can't seem to find it. I want to log into some websites from my hotel room in Mongolia (like Netflix) and it won't allow me because of the country I'm logging from. I remember being able to get on to any website with a specific internet browser...I can't remember the name. Can someone here help me?
Thanks!
UG
Feb 15, 2015 | 11:59 am
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Thanks guys for all your help....I remember being able to log on to some website from Chrome and then go into netflix.com and it working - just frustrated I can't remember....
Again, thank you for your help...
Again, thank you for your help...
Feb 15, 2015 | 12:00 pm
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Feb 16, 2015 | 2:14 am
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Hello My Fellow FTers -
I need some help - I tried to google it and I can't seem to find it. I want to log into some websites from my hotel room in Mongolia (like Netflix) and it won't allow me because of the country I'm logging from. I remember being able to get on to any website with a specific internet browser...I can't remember the name. Can someone here help me?
Thanks!
UG
I need some help - I tried to google it and I can't seem to find it. I want to log into some websites from my hotel room in Mongolia (like Netflix) and it won't allow me because of the country I'm logging from. I remember being able to get on to any website with a specific internet browser...I can't remember the name. Can someone here help me?
Thanks!
UG
Feb 16, 2015 | 6:31 am
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Was it Tor that you were using? I either use that or a VPN.
Feb 16, 2015 | 8:18 am
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Since we're now talking about VPNs, let's do that in the main VPN thread. Thanks!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ationally.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ationally.html