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tvlarry
Jun 25, 2022Aspirant
XR500 router blocking VOD ( VIdeo on Demand) Playback from paid streaming services
When accessing a url based .mp4 Movie, from a paid subscription service, after hitting Play the video will not initiate any playback, and the time on the playback bar is stuck on 1 sec. Proper diagn...
plemans
Jun 27, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Its not really a secure method (even slightly) but you could try putting the VOD devices IP address into the XR500's DMZ. (until they find a fix for the qos issue)
It'll forward all the traffic to it.
https://kb.netgear.com/24086/How-do-I-set-up-a-default-DMZ-server-on-my-Nighthawk-router