Netflix teams up with GeoIP databases like Maxmind to identify IP addresses.

Netflix monitors for IP, DNS and WebRTC leaks that can tip the service off you are using a VPN.

When it sees hundreds or thousands of connections coming from the same IP, it knows that this is an ExpressVPN IP address, and it blocks it. Netflix monitors for an abnormal amount (more than a standard household) of connections coming from the same IP address. ExpressVPN has more customers than IP addresses, and this results in customers having to share IPs.

The most common technique is all to do with the IP addresses ExpressVPN can provide.

Netflix blocks NordVPN, using three main techniques:

These blocks are why NordVPN has suddenly stopped working with Netflix. It might have the rights to broadcast content in the US but it might no have those same rights in the UK or anywhere else in the world.īecause NordVPN allows you to watch any Netflix library anywhere in the world, Netflix blocks NordVPN IP addresses from connecting to its service. Netflix’s content agreements are location-based. The reason Netflix tries to block NordVPN from connecting to its service is because it could result in Netflix breaching the copyright and licensing agreements it has with its content partners. Usually, NordVPN is pretty good at getting around these blocks but if it isn’t working, it means the measures it has in place to work reliably with Netflix are no longer working. The reason Netflix isn’t working with NordVPN is because the streaming service has identified you’re using an IP address provided by NordVPN and has blocked it.īecause VPNs can allow you to watch Netflix in countries where it doesn’t have the rights to broadcast certain content, Netflix tries to block IP addresses provided by VPNs from connecting to its service. To resolve this you need to change to a VPN that is winning that battle. This has happened because NordVPN is no longer staying ahead of Netflix’s VPN blocking techniques. If the above fixes doesn’t resolve the problem, Netflix has managed to block all of NordVPNs IP addresses that are currently available.

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