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I have a Humax Foxsat HD and I live in France.
Is there any point in my connecting an Ethernet lead between the box and my ADSL router? Indeed, if I make the connection from outside of UK will I damage the box?
No you will not damage the box but demand services check the IP being the connects to them is allocated to the UK. So if you are using an IP that is, it will work, if not (as would be usual if you are outside the UK) it will not.
Thanks, that is how I understood it but I just wanted to check.
Such a shame really. I could do with being able to catch up on some programs.
I also assume that the ethernet will not pick up anything from Europe with this particular box.
AnnieB – 11 minutes ago »
Thanks, that is how I understood it but I just wanted to check.
Such a shame really. I could do with being able to catch up on some programs.
I also assume that the ethernet will not pick up anything from Europe with this particular box.
No, I am afriad not.
However, it works perfectly in Europe for the ITV iplayer. ITV1, 2, 3 and 4. Only the BBC iplayer is unavailable.
Sorry to hijack this thread but I have a similar question to the o.p.
We live in Spain and have been able to watch itv player but not bbc iplayer exactly like the lady mentioned.
We now use a vpn and have a separate router that hides the ip. The system worked great until last week when the internet through the uk router started slowing making it impossible to use the service. The vpn company did a remote session and we can again watch uk stuff but only on other devices not via the humax box. They say that the humax has problems with the DNS settings etc and cannot be made to work. Does anyone know whether this is actually true or has anyone managed to get round this?
Humax Foxsat HDR 500gb
This is a somewhat tricky subject as regards forum policy.
The BBC and most other services do check for a UK IP which you will have with traffic using a UK based VPN.
It is also true that the Humax Sat boxes (all of them) cannot be set to directly use a VPN (or a Proxy using port 8080).
From a technical point of view it is possible to achieve what you want using several methods and it sounds like you have already used one of these and currently have it incorrectly setup.
Yes I fully appreciate the grey area that this falls into, well I suppose it’s extremely dark grey to black, but there are several thousand affected by the forthcoming astra 2E sat footprint missing parts of southern Spain and this possibility might at least help them to get some use out of their Hummy boxes before they turn into paperweights. 😡
Many thanks for your reply.
3phase – 56 minutes ago »
Yes I fully appreciate the grey area that this falls into, well I suppose it’s extremely dark grey to black, but there are several thousand affected by the forthcoming astra 2E sat footprint missing parts of southern Spain and this possibility might at least help them to get some use out of their Hummy boxes before they turn into paperweights. 😡
Many thanks for your reply.
The Private message facility is available where I might be more open.
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