Just thinking ... about vpn.

[ThatBritishBloke]

I'm considering buying a Boxee Box.

A hypothetical question:

Can Boxee Box be set up use VPN? I live in US. I want to use VPN to access the BBC iPlayer.

Is this possible?

tia

[dladrach]

It supports PPTP, I can't speak on the part iPlayer part.

[darcilicious]

Yes you should be able to access iPlayer with a UK VPN service (as long as the service gives Boxee an IP that Boxee identifies as being in the UK).

[ThatBritishBloke]

So... the vpn setup is available from the Boxee Box (I have a vpn account in the UK), or do I have to set it via my router?

[darcilicious]

There is a VPN PPTP available in the Boxee settings.

[Mr. Protocol]

I just used StrongVPN to configure my Boxee Box to open a PPTP VPN to London, and watched the second season of "Sherlock" with the Box's BBC iPlayer app.

Worked just great!

Make sure you have the network bandwidth to handle it. StrongVPN's bandwidth is enough to handle it, but you need to make sure your own ISP doesn't have enough variation in the bandwidth they actually provide you to sink things. As it is, the iPlayer does have to buffer one or two times toward the beginning of a show, on my setup, but after that, when it's gotten enough headroom, no further problems.

[PopPy]

I do it all the time with a US VPN.
Once you configure it on the Box, whenever you wish to use an app that needs a VPN connection you just enter that VPN settings and hit connect.
It's not ideal, I'd love to have a 'connect' shortcut somewhere, but it works fine.

[Visceral]

I do it all the time with a US VPN.
Once you configure it on the Box, whenever you wish to use an app that needs a VPN connection you just enter that VPN settings and hit connect.
It's not ideal, I'd love to have a 'connect' shortcut somewhere, but it works fine.

Haha, yeah, a "connect with VPN" button would be awesome. Never happen though.

[ThatBritishBloke]

Thanks for your advice everyone. I'll be getting a Boxee Box on Tuesday.

[jonywags]

Yeah you can setup Boxee Box on VPN easily.
Boxee box has a built in PPTP VPN client and you can configure it to connect to our service by following the steps below.

Boxee Box PPTP VPN Setup Guide

1. Connect to your boxee box and the home screen will load.

2. Open the navigation menu by pressing the "options" button on the remote control.

3. Using the Up arrow on the remote control, select the settings icon which looks like a small gear. A "cog"

4. Select the "network" icon by using the Right arrow on the remote control. Press OK.

5. Press the Down arrow to highlight "VPN"

--- Connection type - pptp (default)
--- Server – Enter the IP address from the welcome emai
--- Account - Enter your VPN username from the welcome email
--- Password – Enter your VPN password from the welcome email
--- Encryption required – check. If unable to connect, try with encryption off by unchecking it.

I hope it will helpful for you.