Next was seeing how my Xbox 360 Live account would work and if I could access Netflix and ESPN through the main video section. I have to admit my fingers were crossed because there hasn't been much information on forums if this method works on Xbox as of February 2011. Navigated to Netflix and was very happy to no longer see the "We're unable to connect you to Netflix. Please try again later." message anymore. Now it said please copy these 6 digits and paste them into your Netflix account to active your console....YES!!! After entering the code and hitting enter things worked and now I can use Netflix and their Instant Que to instantly watch movies and TV shows. The only thing that I can't get are their DVD's that are sent in the mail but that's ok because there's enough content to keep my happy! Rumor has it too that Netflix actually wants to become 100% streaming and retire sending DVD's through the mail. For just $7.99 a month it's totally worth it and saves me from downloading all the time.
One other feature that is unique to Xbox 360 is the ability to control your videos through either your Kinect or hand gestures. So for instance if you want to pause, fast forward or rewind your video's it's very easy to do so. Here is an example of how it looked with my VPN and ESPN.
So overall my new VPN router is doing exactly what I thought it would do with no problems to report. Of course speed is not blazing fast compared to my Japanese LAN. Usually I'm accustomed to super high speeds but really when you're able to stream Netflix and ESPN into your home the family is certainly happy.
If you would like more information about getting your Pre-Configured VPN router then use this link below to find out more.
You could have actually set up your existing router and got a VPN account from STRONGVPN. First you flash your router using the firmware from DD-WRT which takes bout 1-3 minutes. Then go to STRONGVPN and pay for a OPEN or L2TP/PPTP VPN account and set it up on your router then you are good. But buying a preconfigured router works as well.
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