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Monday, May 27, 2013

Watch Hulu - How to watch from India?


In the field of entertainment, Hulu has already showed its class as it is one of the biggest online
based DVD rental services in all over the world. However, this company has been extremely popular due to their special features for the customers. Users of this unique service are being able to watch thousands of movies and TV serials through using the online system. In this service, there are several significant features available in order to attract customers for signing up in Hulu service. Hulu is the ad-supported live stream video providing service, and it has been the joint venture for ABC, NBC, Nickelodeon and Fox studios are involved. These popular studios are networks are providing their movies, TV shows, trailers of upcoming movies, behind the scene footages in order to attract more customers for making the subscription in Hulu website. Moreover, this company has also affiliated with two world famous music companies in order to let users watch popular music videos of their favorite musicians. However, there are some aspects that are also significant for their extreme popularity. This unique service can support almost all the available devices like Television which has the ability to connect the Internet service, the personal computer, and laptop. Besides, it can also be connected with popular gaming consoles like Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo and Wii. Moreover, this service can be used in the newest version of tablets like Samsung Galaxy Tab and smart phones like Android, iPhone and ipad touch.

Accessibility of Hulu in a different part of the globe:

Hulu was initially introduced for the US citizens only. After getting more popularity around the world, the company has decided to extend its service in some other countries. Therefore, countries like UK, Ireland, Japan and some Latin American countries are also getting this amazing service. Unfortunately, this service is providing in a limited edition on most of these countries except USA due to some legal issues. Therefore, users from those countries are not getting an unlimited movie options along with TV shows. Besides, millions of Internet users from a different part of the world are also hoping to get this service. Though, it is may not be possible to extend their service in every corner of the world within a short period of time. Therefore, country likes India will also have to wait for a time being in order to get the subscription. But there are tremendous opportunities available for this particular company in case of business in India. This country is one of the biggest countries around the globe in case of population and geographic zone. However, it has been improving the infrastructure along with the economic stability day by day. More and more industries are evolving in order to make a strong business sector. In the field of technology, it has been providing a significant contribution in order to make the whole hi-tech industries rich in every possible aspect. Therefore, it has grown a strong business zone in the field of cellular technology along with other hi-tech industries. However, the communication sector is also getting more stable than before. Million of Internet users signify that, the country is making their mark in the cyber world too. Besides, there are so many users present that prefer to use the service of Hulu in order to watch their favorite contents while using the Internet service. Unfortunately, they are not going to obtain the service as they will need to obtain IP address of US region.

Sources available in India in order to watch Hulu:

Many users have been trying several options in order to get an access into the website of Hulu. Unfortunately, most of the available resources like IP address hiding tools and proxy servers do not provide adequate facilities through which users can easily create an access into the website. In most of the cases, these services get blocked down by the respective authorities of Hulu service as they can detect all of those proxy services after being introduced in the cyber space. Therefore, users are still looking for a perfect solution through which they can watch all the available movies, TV shows without facing any sort of difficulties. However, the best possible solution for users in India is to use the VPN service. This specialized virtual network will help users for creating a favorable condition through which users will certain obtain access into any of the restricted websites like Hulu. Besides, this special service has the ability to provide a top class online privacy and security system for the customers whenever they surf in the cyber world in a random manner. Moreover, it will provide them anonymity feature through which users will be able to surf anywhere in the cyber space without getting notified by the third party sources and hackers along spammers. Therefore, users will be able to protect their personal databases from those online frauds while using the Internet service.

Best VPN service in India in order to watch Hulu:

There are both paid and free VPN service providers available through which users in India will have to choose the best one for themselves for sorting out all the available issues related to the Internet accessibility. However, most of the free VPN service providers are not eligible enough to provide a condition through which users can access into the website without facing any sort of trouble. Besides, these services are not functionally strong enough to provide properly online security and privacy for the customers. Therefore, it is particular important to select from the paid VPN service providers as they offer customers of providing the top class online security and privacy service for the customers while browsing in the cyber world. However, you will need to check out all the features of your preferable VPN service to make sure that, it will fulfill all of your requirements while using the Internet connection. Besides, you will need to make sure that, the VPN service can support all the available protocol systems along with popular devices in order to provide better flexibility. Finally, you will need to check the connection speed of your VPN service provider as it will require primarily while watching out those popular movies and TV serials with the help of the online system.


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Friday, May 17, 2013

How to Setup Android Jelly Bean L2TP

This step-by-step tutorial explains how to setup a L2TP connection on Android 4.1.x Jelly Bean (e.g. Google Nexus 7):
 1. Navigate to the settings:    2. Select "More..." 

3. Select "VPN".
If you haven't done so yet, you might need to set a PIN for security reasons now.



 
4. Select "Add VPN profile"
(on some Android versions, you'll
have to tap the
"+" instead ->  )

 5. Now you need to enter the VPN server details.
Name: Anything you like, e.g. "HideMyAss" or "HMA VPN L2TP"
Type: L2TP/IPSec PSK
Server address: The L2TP server IPs can be found @ http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/l2tp/
IPSec pre-shared key: HideMyAss
When ready, click "Save".
6. You can see the new connection you created.
Tap it to connect.
7. Now enter your login details:
Username: Your VPN account username
Password: Your PPTP password
(note, this is not your account password!
Get the PPTP password from the server page).
Check "Save account information" and tap "Connect".
 8. You can see the status
"Connecting..."
Please wait.

 9. Now you can see that the VPN connection has been made.

As long as the VPN connected, you'll see the status
"Connected" below the VPN connection, and in your
notification area (on the top) you see the key icon.
10. Tap on the connection name to get details
about it. There you can also disconnect.
 

How to setup FeatVPN OpenVPN on Android



FEAT VPN: OpenVPN on Android without root


FEAT VPN is an Android app that brings OpenVPN to Android versions 2.1 through 3.2. In contrast to existing apps, FEAT VPN does not require you to root your Android phone or tablet and thus void its warranty. FEAT VPN works on unmodified off-the-shelf devices.

ATTENTION: FeatVPN now also works on Amazons Kindle Fire !!!

Get the latest Beta of FeatVPN:

Get the latest stable version

Alternative
Before you begin configuring the FeatVPN add, you should download the OpenVPN config files onto your device. Get them from ->
TCP+UDP config files as .ZIP-archive: http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/vpn-config.zip
Single TCP *.ovpn config files: http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/TCP/
Single UDP *.ovpn config files: http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/UDP/
Download or extract them to any folder you like on your device, e.g. in /sdcard/Download

Install the app from the Google Play (formerly Android Market):                                                                     



















                                        Run it and accept License Agreement:

                                                             








Upon the first load, you will need to test the devices VPN support, by clicking "Setup" in the menu (see screenshots).
The device will now run a few tests. Once it's done, tap "Exit" to get back to the main menu.


Back in the main menu, please tap the “Tunnels” button, then “Add” and “Load” to add one or few VPN servers.



Browse to the folder where you've put the OpenVPN config files before (e.g. /sdcard/download).
Select the config file of the server you'd like to connect to.
You should now see that FeatVPN successfully imported the config file and changed all necessary settings by itself.
Now please hit the “Back” button.

On the next screen tap on the connection you just made, enter your credentials, tap “OK” and wait for a few moments.



Congratulations, you are now connected:

How to Setup OpenVPN for Android App

In this tutorial you'll learn how to configure the app "OpenVPN for Android" (openvpnforandroid0.5.7_29.apk).
It will easily allow you to connect to the HMA VPN server via OpenVPN protocol - TCP and UDP.
This is working on all Android versions and no root privileges are required!

(If you don't like this connection method, check out our articles FeatVPN and OpenVPN Connect)

There are 2 method to import the *.ovpn config files into the VPN application:
a) via Dropbox app - by importing the config file folders into your own Dropbox, and then importing to the VPN application from there
b) manually, by downloading the config files onto your SDcard, extracting them and importing to the VPN application
Both are explained below.


a) Importing config files via Dropbox
On your Android device, browse here:
http://tinyurl.com/hmavpnconfigs
You can there import the config folders into
your own Dropbox account by clicking on the 
It's required to have the Dropbox app installed.
Now you can open the Dropbox app and navigate
to where you've downloaded the config files.
Tap on one of the config files you'd like to import.
You'll get asked what you want to do with this file.
Select "Import OpenVPN configuration" and
"Always".














                                                                                The OpenVPN for Android app will now appear,
please resume the tutorial here:




b) Importing config files manually
Install the app and run it.
You'll see the main menu below.
For now the list is empty, of course.
Tap the folder/import button:
Navigate to the folder where you extracted the
config files before.
Select the config file of the server you'd like to
connect to.
In this example we will use:
USA.New.Jersey.Newark_LOC1S1.ovpn
Select this config file and then tap "Select".

Confirm importing of the config file
The following confirmation window will appear.
Tap the save button:
The config file has been imported.
In case the app closed, restart it.
We still need to change some settings now.
Tap the settings button:
Tap "Basic".
     

You can change the name if you want.
But important here is just to fill in your
username and password.


Scroll down, you'll see the
username and password field.






















Enter your HMA account username and password,
the same ones that you use to login @
http://vpn.hidemyass.com
 
















Go back to the menu;
(your changes will be saved automatically)
Select "Routing".

     


In this routing settings, check
"IPV4: Use default Route", to make sure that all
traffic will be sent via VPN.
 











Go back to the menu again.
Now select "Advanced".



































Here, uncheck
"Enable Custom Options".
Otherwise the app will be confused by
some settings of the config files.
































Go back to the "All your precious VPNs" list.
Tap the "imported profile"
(or whatever you named it)
It will start to connect.






   
Lot of log info. When it show's the first
transferred KiBs, then you're almost there.





Once it shows
"CONNECTED,SUCCESS,10.x.x.x"
then you're successfully connected to the VPN.




























You can verify your IP now e.g. @
http://ipaddress.com or http://tracemyip.org
to make sure that the VPN is working.
Open the status bar, you'll see the apps
notification widget. Tap it to access its menu.























Here you can disconnect or change settings
of the VPN connection, and also check
duration of and bandwidth used by
the connection.