From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-10 19:20, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I think Amazon doesn't care where you are, but where is the plastic card   
   registered.   
      
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