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Why Canada?
I have not been able to get Hulu to work with US VPN. I tried L2TP, openVPN AND PPP as well as squid proxy with various settings.
It is like they are able to detect a proxy/vpn now.
And yes it is routing my traffic out of the vpn/proxy as I can listen to Pandora, ESPN, USA only youtube videos etc even Netflix USA works.
Only Hulu does not work.
I wonder how they are doing it!
Luma
they may have started blocking known datacenter IP addresses.
how about you just ask for VPS that is known to be working with Hulu
check if hulu checks location!
does that behaviour is on the normal hulu? to check my vps
@luma I live in canada and I get a LEB that i use primary for openvpn to watch hulu and it is fantastic. Let me know if you need help setting it up.
I have a Securedragon 32 mb vps for watching Hulu.. using pptp
its not canadian but works for me
Update: I tested one of my VPNs and it is working.... are you with loomhosts?
I believe the OP is asking for Canada since he lives there. Maybe a New York or Illinois location could do as is close to Toronto.
Weird, I have no idea then as I said I tried pptp, l2tp and openvpn, All of them when connecting route all of my traffic to the vpn (if I go to whatismyip it shows us ip) and other websites work fine when on the vpn but tell me that I must be in the USA to watch if I drop the vpn.
I tried my securedragon VPS as well as a dedicated server in Kansas.
They could be blocking some non residential IPs even if its in the US
Yes, @Infinity is correct, I live in Toronto so I want something close by.
@BoGs: I'll definitely enlist your help if Hulu does not work for me
Who is your host?
I experienced the same with abuyvm box.
Geoip said US, but Hulu said otherwise.... Since I do have afew with different providers I tested with my SD and this script: http://www.putdispenserhere.com/pptp-debian-ubuntu-openvz-setup-script/
Hulu is working now with pptp but not l2tp I must of lied when I said I had tested it with pptp
now to re test openvpn in case I lied about that one!
Luma
@zhuanyi: I have no problem watching Hulu with a cheap 123systems (Texas) Vps. I use a socks proxy, with the free Bitvise Tunnelier application. My problem is the opposite of yours, I am unable to watch canadian TV (Cbc.ca) using a similar VPN on a BuyVm: I suspect Cbc does not recognize the IP as Canadian (I get the "content not available" error in cbc player, or sometimes the content starts but then will interrupt the play after few minutes). Hulu does not recognise the BuyVm IP as USA, either. Maybe Francisco's secret project is to start their own pony country
Nope, haven't had a problem with Hulu with my VPS currently.
I have a securedragon 128mb XEN - I prefer XEN and since it acts more like a dedicated server then OpenVZ. Overall is not that hard and the thing you have to look out for is to redirect the traffic through the vpn, and setting up iptables and you should be good to the races.
buyvm?
I think you have to request another IP to make it work.
Sometime ago that was discussed on IRC
My buyvm IP works fine with Hulu
Geoip said US, but Hulu said otherwise.... Since I do have afew with different providers I tested with my SD and this script: http://www.putdispenserhere.com/pptp-debian-ubuntu-openvz-setup-script/
you didn't follow buyvm wiki... I have been there, too
I can confirm my VPS with SD works for both Hulu and Pandora as of right now.
Anyways, so nobody offers VPS in Canada but GeoIP based in US?
@zhuanyi Nobody offers such a thing, as leasing a block from ARIN for example, needs your actual geographical location. What you're asking about does not exist.
ARIN and GeoIP location have nothing to do with each other unfortunately (learned that the hard way when our IPs showed as being in the UK).
@KuJoe I know it exists, it's just no company offers it. At least that I have heard of.
Is @Francisco simply using another IP block for their VPNs?
Yup. And we spent a ton of time having various geoloc DBs updated for each service we wanted the IPs to be able to access.