I’m in over my head hoping someone can advise me on if something would work or if not, what I might be able to do. Rural area running att fixed wireless and starlink rv (until they expand residential to my area). I want to run a dual wan router like peplink or ubuitity and balance the load between the two. Would be great if the router picked the fastest connection and swapped over to the other when the speed dropped. Starlink rv in my area is too sporadic for me to exclusively use it. Easy enough, but I also need to be able to use Hulu tv live. Now if the connection changes or resets, I have to call and give them my new ip address. If I got a vpn with a static ip address like what nord or pure vpn offer, would that solve that problem? Sorry for lengthy post and my ignorance. Appreciate any suggestions.

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Posted by Korkstand

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Posted on 9/18/22 at 9:02 pm to TGCM

I don't have an answer for you, but it is an interesting problem and I'm just posting to follow along hopefully to a solution.

The major problem I think is that the reason Hulu watches IP addresses so closely is to block VPN use (and also to prevent account sharing). So unfortunately I think if you try to solve your connectivity problem with a static IP via VPN, they're going to make it a hassle anyway.

If it was me, I would probably forget the complexity and cost of a VPN, set up the dual wan for failover and/or load balancing, and then stay on Hulu's arse via telephone about making an exception on your account. I would hassle them every day, and let them know that I will continue hassling them every day, until they stop hassling me about the way I have to solve my connectivity problems.

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Posted by TGCM

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Posted on 9/18/22 at 9:13 pm to Korkstand

Thanks for reply. Maybe the answer is simply YouTube tv but I haven’t been able to confirm if that will work with the set up. I may just have to set it all up and see what happens.

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Posted by Korkstand

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Posted on 9/18/22 at 9:19 pm to TGCM

I don't know if YTTV will work with two wildly different IPs, but I do know that it works with two similar IPs simultaneously. Been sharing an account for years with my MIL in the same neighborhood and with same ISP, though of course with separate accounts with their own IPs. Haven't had an issue yet :fingers_crossed:

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Posted by bluebarracuda

Member since Oct 2011

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Posted on 9/19/22 at 7:44 am to TGCM

Another plug from me for Opnsense

I'm actually hoping to get a starlink in the near future to pair with my AT&T fiber and use the starlink as the failover network. Hopefully by next hurricane season I can have the starlink and my generator up and running

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Posted by dakarx

Member since Sep 2018

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Posted on 9/19/22 at 8:10 am to bluebarracuda

OpnSense (mentioned above) or pfSense can be easily configured for multiple WAN's. Netgate has some pfsense appliances with multiple WAN ports, they aren't cheap.

A DIY could be pretty cheap with older equipment, most Intel I5-2500 or better CPU's can handle full gigbit connections and have enough horsepower to manage most encryption without degrading your connection speed.

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