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How to Watch US Netflix in Canada on Your Playstation 3

industrai | Dec 21, 2011 |

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This article will show you to watch US Netflix content in Canada on your Playstation 3. The Netflix US streaming library is far surperior to the Canadian library, as it includes more content. Using a combination of Internet Connection Sharing and a paid for VPN service such as Astrill.com you are able to access the US Netflix streaming library.

Stuff you need:

A computer with 2 network interfaces (wi-fi and ethernet, for example)
A network cable
A Playstation 3
A Netflix account (US or Canadian).
An Astrill VPN account. You can get a free 7 day trial at http://www.Astrill.com

Steps:

1. Connect your computer to the internet on one of your network interfaces. If you only have 1 wi-fi adapter and 1 ethernet adapter like most laptops, connect to the internet using wi-fi adapter.

2. Connect your Playstation 3 to your computer using a network ethernet cable. Leave the PS3 off for now.

3. On your computer, in your network settings, enable Internet Connection Sharing for your Astrill VPN OpenVPN, L2TP/IPSEC or PPTP VPN connection. Windows instructions here. Mac instructions here. Be sure to share your Astrill VPN connection, and set the adapter that is connected to the Playstation 3 as the adapter you are sharing with.

4. On your computer, connect to the Astrill VPN using the OpenVPN, L2TP/IPSEC or PPTP VPN connection. Verify from your computer that you can connect to Netflix.com and can stream US content.

5. Turn on your Playstation 3. Go into your Network Settings and set it to Wired/Automatic.

6. Once connected and signed into the Playstation Network, launch Netflix. You should now be able to stream the US content from Netflix.

**Note that it is also possible to connect your computer to the internet with the ethernet adapter, and share it to your Playstation 3 using your wi-fi adapter using Windows Wireless Hosted Network or Mac connection sharing.