Netflix it increasingly imposes more measures so that its subscribers do not share their passwords with their friends and force everyone to have their own account on the streaming platform or pay for extra profiles. Nevertheless, your router can be your great ally to survive the repression of the company.
As he recalls a report published on the website of T3this situation applies to users who work away from home and use their home Netflix account in their idle time.
Fortunately, Redeszone shared a solution for many Asus routers, specifying that it is the routers of this brand.
Asus Router + OpenVPN, the perfect duo
What the Asus router needs is that you have installed OpenVPNwith his free dynamic DNS address provided by device company.
All the mid-range and high-end routers of the Taiwanese company include VPN servers and VPN clients as wellwhich makes the process quite easy and allows you to include smart TVs in your network.
Gets a bit tricky, not hard, just a bit of a form, but the gist is that when you want to use other devices, you route your traffic through the same router. The destination site assumes that all traffic comes from the same place it usually comes from.
It is important to note that probably this trick is against Netflix terms and conditionsand it also means that devices accessing your router can potentially use connected hardware in your home, like your printer.
As long as they are connected, all your traffic will go through your broadband connection. The site’s recommendation is that users only use the VPN when they really need it.
