On 20/05/2012 09:44, ARWadsworth wrote:

Well I have Virgin Media so what do I need to get the other two?

Something to alter the ip address should be ok for the US shows, but for the
Pirates Bay?

IIUC, most of the "blocking" is going on at the DNS level[1] - i.e. they
have altered the content of their name servers such that when you try
and resolve one of the censored domain names, it returns the address of
a local server which the ISP has setup to return a page saying (in
effect) "bog off".

The simple way to fix this type of misdirection is to change your name
servers. Two reliable options would be OpenDNS on 208.67.222.222, and
208.67.220.220 or Google's on 8.8.8.8, and 8.8.4.4

You can either do this in your router, in which case all the machines on
your network will automatically use the new servers, or you can do it on
a machine by machine basis.

To change servers on XP: Control Panel-Network Connections
Right click on the Local Area Connection that is in use and select
"Properties"
In the list find and select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and click
properties.
Click the "Use the following DNS server addresses" radio button, and
then enter one of those pairs of addresses above. OK your way back out.


[1] Blocking at the IP level is problematical since the hosts can so
easily shift the site around different physical addresses, coupled with
the fact you frequently end up censoring completely unrelated sites that
just happen to be served from the same machine - and that tends to get
their owners upset.




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Cheers,

John.

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