VPN use on ship and in ports

[ARandomTraveler]

On 11/12/2018 at 6:35 AM, Expat Cruise said:

The cruise lines block sites like streaming video, if you use a VPN you can access these sites and therefore use more bandwidth than the cruise lines want you to use. So the statement "the main reason is so guests cannot use programs that take a lot of bandwidth."  is absolutely correct.

 

We used the starlink internet on Symphony to stream a football game through the XFinity app on our phones, which lets us watch live TV just like we were at home. We had no problems with that and didn't use a VPN.

 

EDIT: Oh Jesus Christ, I didn't realize I was responding to a 4 year old post until I saw Bob 🙄. Who resurrected this? 😂

Edited January 17, 2023 by ARandomTraveler

[soremekun]

I use L2TP configured within Windows (with IPSec) and it works fine on Royal Caribbean ships.

 

Ugh:  I just now realized that I'm now in the old thread vortex.

Edited January 17, 2023 by soremekun