Hi all
Matthew’s advice is correct. Switching to “modem only” DOES achieve getting a dynamic IP assigned. Not too sure why the normal WAN connection is not like this… (even though assigned via DHCP)
Chris - I have “harassed” the BBC 3 times but had NOTHING back from them…
I’m going to ditch Virgin Media…
Paul
On 28 Jun 2014, at 15:46, Chris Whittleston csw34@cam.ac.uk wrote:
Paul,
I'm also with Virgin Media and have had a similar tech support conversation. I didn't mention I was running a Tor relay to them at the time (do you know anything about their policy regards Tor?), but they checked through all my 'Super Hub' settings including the port forwarding I have set up so I imagine they noticed. They couldn't explain it at all, and because it seems like a completely device agnostic issue (phones etc also don't work) - it is probably on the iPlayer provider's end. I also noticed that I was getting 'Forbidden' errors from the nhs.uk site a while ago and posted about it here - but right now I seem to be able to access everything there just fine so maybe they have reviewed their policy on Tor nodes.
Matthew - that's an interesting point about switching out the router MAC address. I'm not currently using a separate router, but might consider it in the future. I guess though that if this is the result of a provider blacklisting all Tor relay IPs, the new IP will just get added to the list as soon as it's published and it'll be blocked again.
I think I'm going to continue to harass BBC support about this under I get a response other than 'have you tried turning your router off and on' or 'check your IP is registered in the UK with your ISP' - ugh...
Thanks for the info all
On 28 June 2014 13:23, Paul Blakeman blakeyman@mac.com wrote: Chris
I have had several issues that appeared whilst running a Tor network. This has happened to me too even though I switched mine (relay) off several weeks ago… I have notified BBC (via supplied contact forms 3 times) and have had no resolve Other services affected have been nhs.uk & lovefilm.com although since switching my relay off these now work again.
My supplier is Virgin Media and I have spent *hours* on tech help support. Nobody can answer this. My dynamic WAN IP (assigned via DHCP) never changes and I’ve been told it "can’t & won’t ever change…”. It’s been the same IP address for years... Therefore if anybody wants to monitor or divert my traffic they can.
Who provides your service?
Thanks, Paul
On 28 Jun 2014, at 12:52, Chris Whittleston csw34@cam.ac.uk wrote:
Is anyone else running a relay in the UK having issues accessing BBC iPlayer from the same connection? For the last 6 weeks or so now I've been getting messages telling me I'm 'outside the UK' when I'm in London, and my IP address clearly resolves to show that.
Just wondering if the provider BBC use for iPlayer might have started just blocking all Tor IPs recently - including middle relays.
Chris
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