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The purpose here to use the XBMC on Atv2 with hotspot shield. I am wondering if anyone has tried having the Mac running hotspot shield and then having XBMC on Atv2 using internet sharing on the Mac.

Am in oz and I find that a lot more videos run when I enable the hotspot shield on the mac.

Thanks.

[keith]

The purpose here to use the XBMC on Atv2 with hotspot shield. I am wondering if anyone has tried having the Mac running hotspot shield and then having XBMC on Atv2 using internet sharing on the Mac.

Am in oz and I find that a lot more videos run when I enable the hotspot shield on the mac.

Thanks.

I've never used 'hotspot shield' but I recommend if you need to run your ATV2 thru something, you probably should find something that supports an HTTP Proxy.

If you're unfamiliar with proxies here's a wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server

These are natively supported in XBMC:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Network_Settings

Otherwise, you can try to use a 'transparent proxy' which is what hotspot shield might use, but who knows about its effectiveness that way.

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Thanks Kieth, it makes sense. I was heading that way because hotspot shield seemed to do the job on the mac and also I saw it availalbe for the previous atv. I'll have a look at the link and see if there is a good proxy available, certainly a preferable option if it works.

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Okidoki, read some of the stuff you've indicated. There are a host of offerred free proxies for the US for example. I can try them to see how effective they are.

As you've said that hotspot shield is a transparent proxy, can I then also try inputing the vpn details in the proxy settings in xbmc.