Anyone have experience setting up a VPN on the Kindle Fire from within Taiwan/China? A friend of mine is a school teacher in Taiwan, and she's contemplating buying a Kindle Fire. She'd like to set it up so that she can access services which block by country-specific regions (Hulu, Pandora, etc). I've posted my response below, but if any of you have better suggestions, please feel free to share.
Thanks!
"Hi R.
When you connect to the internet, your ISP assigns you a temporary IP address out of a pool of IP addresses they own. That IP address, like your street address, identifies where your computer is in the world (in this case Taiwan).
What you need is virtual private network (VPN). It's a service which anonymizes your connection, so that services (such as Pandora, Hulu, etc.) in the U.S. can't tell where you're connecting from.
For more technical detail and review of VyprVPN, a VPN service provider, check out this blog post:
http://veritrope.com/reviews/vyprvpn/
Also check out this article:
http://www.gadgetimports.com/kindlefire/
I recommend trying out VyprVPN and follow their instructions for setting it up on Android. If you get stuck (or you don't want to bother doing it yourself), find your local Linux User Group, and offer someone a beer in exchange for helping you set up VPN.
Thanks!
"Hi R.
When you connect to the internet, your ISP assigns you a temporary IP address out of a pool of IP addresses they own. That IP address, like your street address, identifies where your computer is in the world (in this case Taiwan).
What you need is virtual private network (VPN). It's a service which anonymizes your connection, so that services (such as Pandora, Hulu, etc.) in the U.S. can't tell where you're connecting from.
For more technical detail and review of VyprVPN, a VPN service provider, check out this blog post:
http://veritrope.com/reviews/vyprvpn/
Also check out this article:
http://www.gadgetimports.com/kindlefire/
I recommend trying out VyprVPN and follow their instructions for setting it up on Android. If you get stuck (or you don't want to bother doing it yourself), find your local Linux User Group, and offer someone a beer in exchange for helping you set up VPN.