VPN issues

[Issar]

Originally Posted by NachtMystium [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I used to travel for a living and can vouch that with hotel internet I could browse the net and could not figure out why I couldn't access FFXIV servers, a VPN solved the problem. I have no idea why but it fixed my issue. I don't see how a VPN would be against server policy, masking your IP address shouldn't be an issue since they could tell you're boxing(on the same machine at least) by your MAC address.

Would love some GM input on this, idk why this hasn't been clarified by now

The hotel was blocking FFXIV and probably every other major gaming gateway at the firewall due to high bandwidth consumption. Going through a tunnel effectively changes the visibility of your traffic and they would have to use different means to block you. I don't think that's common practice of the larger chains any longer, but as I understood it they would block gaming servers from the "kids" to allow the adults better bandwidth. Aka, better pron streams...