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I recently moved to a country that Netflix is apparently forbidden from servicing due to idiotic licensing agreements with the movie industry. In order to correct this, I subscribed to an inexpensive VPN service. Now, on my laptop, I can get netflix just fine with the VPN software they provided, but I have a TV and a PS3 that I'd like to get working too... The PS3 does not directly support VPN usage. I check with the VPN's tech support, and they say I need to set the VPN up with my router. Unfortunately, my wife purchased a router without me checking it out first, and it doesn't look like the router has VPN capabilities in and of itself (Apple Airport Express). Never fear, google brings a slightly more convoluted method... I can simply use a crossover lan cable to connect the PS3 to my laptop which has the VPN set up properly! I follow the instructions on this website: http://vpncreative.net/2012/05/29/setting-up-vpn-on-ps3/ My laptop is using Windows 7. I was able to follow the guide's instructions exactly until bullet point #6, where it says "On the Network & Sharing Center menu, right click on the VPN option"... I don't seem to have a VPN option. What I do have is a "Sharing" tab under "Local Area Connection Properties". I activated "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection", and left it at that. When I plug in the crossover cable between the laptop and the PS3, the laptop recognizes that there is some sort of network connection existing, but the PS3 can't get an IP address. Anyone have any experience in this kind of thing? If necessary, I'll shell out the $90 or so it takes to get a router with VPN capability, but I'd prefer not to have to if possible, since I do have a laptop and crossover cable anyway.
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Sep 14, 2014 10:17
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If nothing else, buy the router for stability. Internet sharing on Windows 7 is pretty awful. You may have more success than I did, though.
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Sep 14, 2014 21:03
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I was afraid of that. Holding out hope that someone out there has successfully shared internet using Windows 7...
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Sep 16, 2014 09:17
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So your laptop has an Ethernet port connected to the PS3 and a Wifi adapter connected to the airport? You need to enable "share my internet connection" on your wifi adapter, not the local area network adapter. The might be all you need to do by the sounds of it. Edit: you might need to highlight both the wifi adapter and the LAN adapter, right click and "create bridge" but I'm not sure. I haven't used ICS since windows 98.
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Sep 26, 2014 09:34
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