XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: lars@beagle-ears.com   
      
   On 2026-02-10, Char Jackson  wrote:   
   > On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 19:40:19 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>I suppose, I could install the VPN and the route to the foreign server   
   >>on a Linux box on the LAN, and make THAT the default router for the   
   >>TVs. Maybe DHCP can hand the server-specific route to the TV, the same   
   >>way it hands each TV its stable IP address at power-on time.   
      
   > I haven't heard of a network-capable TV or streaming device that *only*   
   > understands DHCP and has no capability to manually configure its network   
   > settings. Are you saying you have an example of that particular unicorn?   
      
   Oh, it can be manually configured all right ... within the very narrow   
   limits of setting   
     - IP address   
     - network mask and   
     - default router.   
   But it will not allow me to do the equivalent of   
     route add -net w.x.y.z/bits gw h.i.j.k.l   
      
   So if I designate the default route to be the VPN, Amazon will (maybe)   
   see that I am in Europe and refuse to show movies that are not available   
   there.   
      
   --   
   Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California   
      
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