Guides
Specific, current, sourced. Written for people who just want their streaming to work - every guide carries the dates it was updated and fact-checked.
Getting started
What Is Smart DNS? How It Unblocks Streaming
Smart DNS explained in depth: the DNS-plus-relay trick behind geo-unblocking, why nothing is encrypted, which devices break it, and when it beats a VPN.
Smart DNS vs VPN: Which One Do You Need?
The honest comparison: where Smart DNS beats a VPN (devices, speed, multi-region) and where a VPN is the only safe answer, with current prices for both.
Unblocking streaming
Watch Your Home Netflix Abroad: What Works
Lost your home Netflix catalog abroad? The documented proxy enforcement, what Netflix says about Originals-only access, EU portability, and providers that work.
Watch BBC iPlayer and ITVX Outside the UK
Watch BBC iPlayer and ITVX abroad with Smart DNS - the BBC's own rules, the licence question, the postcode step, ITV-101 errors and the downloads route.
Device setup
Smart DNS on Your Router: Setup That Covers Every Device
Router-level Smart DNS setup: the generic recipe, exact click-paths for FritzBox, ASUS, TP-Link and Netgear, hardcoded-DNS exceptions and the dynamic DNS fix.
Smart TV Smart DNS Setup for Samsung, LG and More
Smart DNS setup for every TV platform: Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Google TV's static-IP trick, Apple TV - and why Fire TV, Roku, Chromecast need the router.
Sports abroad
Privacy & security
Brand checks - who has no Smart DNS
Does TunnelBear Offer Smart DNS? No - Alternatives That Work
TunnelBear has no Smart DNS feature - confirmed in our research, evidence below. The providers that still unblock, and what it means for your TV.
Does VyprVPN Offer Smart DNS? No - Alternatives That Work
VyprVPN has no Smart DNS feature - confirmed in our research, evidence below. The providers that still unblock, and what it means for your TV.
Does Windscribe Offer Smart DNS? No - Alternatives That Work
Windscribe has no Smart DNS feature - confirmed in our research, evidence below. The providers that still unblock, and what it means for your TV.
Does IPVanish Offer Smart DNS? None Found
IPVanish shows no Smart DNS feature in our checks - treat it as unsupported. The evidence, and the providers that still unblock.
Does Mullvad Offer Smart DNS? None Found
Mullvad shows no Smart DNS feature in our checks - treat it as unsupported. The evidence, and the providers that still unblock.
Does Proton VPN Offer Smart DNS? None Found
Proton VPN shows no Smart DNS feature in our checks - treat it as unsupported. The evidence, and the providers that still unblock.