Moving out of US, need help with setting up

[jwang]

So I'm moving to China pretty soon, besides the whole proxy issue with the firewall blocking stuff, what should I do to make sure that my US edition of FFXIV still will work? Last time I visited there all the internet connections I used timed out at connecting to version check. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Cooleko]

if you have friends you may be able to set up a vpn through them. if not there are probably pay services. you can certainly enjoy china's version of ffxiv but be prepared to reset your password every time you log in due to fluctuating ip address.

[jwang]

How would I go about setting up a VPN? This is the first time I've heard of it.

Edit: Read up on it, I now understand how it works but I still don't understand the jargon that tells me how to set it up. Back to more googling I guess.

[jwang]

Finally able to get past the updater using an L2TP connection (sprung for a paid VPN service, only $5 a month), unfortunately still cockblocked by invalid passwords. Back to the drawing board I guess.