[tor-relays] BBC iPlayer blocked for UK middle relay operators?

2014-06-28 Thread Chris Whittleston
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

Re: [tor-relays] BBC iPlayer blocked for UK middle relay operators?

2014-06-28 Thread Paul Blakeman
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

Re: [tor-relays] BBC iPlayer blocked for UK middle relay operators?

2014-06-28 Thread Matthew Harrold
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Paul Blakeman blakey...@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)

Re: [tor-relays] BBC iPlayer blocked for UK middle relay operators?

2014-06-28 Thread Chris Whittleston
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

Re: [tor-relays] BBC iPlayer blocked for UK middle relay operators?

2014-06-28 Thread Paul Blakeman
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

Re: [tor-relays] BBC iPlayer blocked for UK middle relay operators?

2014-06-28 Thread Chris Whittleston
Paul From what I've read, Virgin issue WAN IPs based on the router MAC address, so for the super-hub which has two MAC addresses (one modem, one router) - it uses the router one. This is why you always get issued the same IP after rebooting or when the DHCP lease expires. The only way around

Re: [tor-relays] BBC iPlayer blocked for UK middle relay operators?

2014-06-28 Thread Chris Whittleston
FYI - I've just sent another email/contact form to them asking if running a Tor relay could be an issue and explaining in detail the differences between middle and exit relays etc. We shall see if this yields any more useful response from them. I'll keep you posted. On 28 June 2014 16:54, Chris