[Bloat] OT: Netflix vs 6in4 from HE.net

[Rich Brown]

 I love knowing smart people. 

Yes, it does appear to be Netflix geo-fencing their services. Given that I only watch Netflix on one computer, I am taking Sebastian's advice and turning off IPv6 DNS queries in Firefox. 

Thanks again for these responses.

Rich

> On Mar 21, 2020, at 6:14 PM, Sebastian Moeller <moeller0 at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi Rich,
> 
> since it seems to be IPv6 related, why not use firefox for netflix and disable IPv6 in firefox (see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-cant-load-websites-other-browsers-can#w_ipv6) maybe that works well enough?
> 
> Best Regards
> 	Sebastian
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 21, 2020, at 21:20, Rich Brown <richb.hanover at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> to Bloat & CeroWrt folks: This is a little OT for either of these lists, but I figured there are plenty of experts here, and I would be delighted to get your thoughts.
>> 
>> I just tried to view a Netflix movie and got a F7111-5059 error message. This prevented the video from playing. (As recently as a month or two ago, it worked fine.)
>> 
>> Googling the error message gets to this page https://help.netflix.com/en/node/54085 that singles out use of an IPv6 Proxy Tunnel.
>> 
>> Sure enough, I'm have a 6in4 tunnel through Hurricane Electric on WAN6. Stopping that WAN6 interface caused Netflix to work.
>> 
>> What advice could you offer? (I could, of course, turn off WAN6 to watch movies. But that's a drag, and other family members couldn't do this.) Many thanks.
>> 
>> Rich
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