Clermont (Away) - Sunday 10th April 2022

[anz3001]

Anyone clued up on VPNs guys. I’m currently on holiday and the BT Sport app on my phone resents me for it.
I’ve got Express VPN on my phone but the app still recognises I’m not in the UK so there must be some kind of setting somewhere that’s giving me away ‍♂️

[Scott1]

Anyone clued up on VPNs guys. I’m currently on holiday and the BT Sport app on my phone resents me for it.
I’ve got Express VPN on my phone but the app still recognises I’m not in the UK so there must be some kind of setting somewhere that’s giving me away ‍♂️

Oakham Tiger is your man,PM him

[fentiger]

Anyone clued up on VPNs guys. I’m currently on holiday and the BT Sport app on my phone resents me for it.
I’ve got Express VPN on my phone but the app still recognises I’m not in the UK so there must be some kind of setting somewhere that’s giving me away ‍♂️

You probably need to be on 4/5g and not on Wifi.

[chewbacca]

You probably need to pick a VPN server that's in the UK. If you connect to a foreign one BT will recognise that as being of non-UK origin.

[TigerFeetSteve]

Anyone clued up on VPNs guys. I’m currently on holiday and the BT Sport app on my phone resents me for it.
I’ve got Express VPN on my phone but the app still recognises I’m not in the UK so there must be some kind of setting somewhere that’s giving me away ‍♂️

Yeah, unusually you'll need a UK VPN server. Sometimes you may need to fix the IP address, but that's rare cases

[anz3001]

Thanks guys but tried it on wifi and data. And also all four of ExpressVPN’s UK based servers but still getting picked up somehow.

Guess I’ll have to connect to a French server and watch it on France 2

[OakhamTiger32]

Anyone clued up on VPNs guys. I’m currently on holiday and the BT Sport app on my phone resents me for it.
I’ve got Express VPN on my phone but the app still recognises I’m not in the UK so there must be some kind of setting somewhere that’s giving me away ‍♂️

BT Sport blocks known VPN IP Addresses so once you’ve selected VPN on in Settings go to your Express VPN App and try each of the different locations within the UK and one will almost certainly work. There are usually dozens of different options for each location for this exact reason. Hope that helps, PM me if you have further issues and I’ll be happy to help if I can.. not saying I’m an expert mind you!

[Fish8ter]

Also look at changing your clock time to UK time, I am sure that was an issue for me a few years back

[parvacat]

Cafe pascal in the sunshine, beer, burger good company...and a free tram to the stade. Great to be back on the road with Tigers.

[Scott1]

Have a great day everyone!

[TigerFeetSteve]

Youngs out ill, JVP at 9, Wigglesworth into the squad

[Pellsey]

For VPN, I would also try turning off GPS / location and try with a browser not the app. If you have a Windows device, you might have more luck than iOS or Android...

[Rugbygramps]

Youngs out ill, JVP at 9, Wigglesworth into the squad

Big test for JVP against Parra

[mol2]

Additional if there is the option to use a VPN IP address select that otherwise the phone/tablet may still be showing the IP address assigned by the local network rather than a UK one provided by the VPN. Some of the TV apps block some of the major VPN known IP addreses.

It may be too late for this trip, but for future use check if your own router has an inbuilt VPN facility. (I use a Draytek rather than the one Virgin provide) so when I am away I can connect as if if was sitting at home. Quite a number do for home workers needing a secure

Previously I would have said buy a slingbox which sends the output of your Sky/Virgin box over the ether to your device and operates it remotely. Legal as only 1 device can connect at once. However they were bought out a few years ago and manufacture discontinued and their servers are shutting down later this year.

[Scott1]

COYT!