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Playing World of Warcraft via a socks proxy

Yook · 2007-06-28 13:13:03

I have World of Warcraft working under wine, the problem is there is a socks proxy in the way, so I cant connect directly. I would use ssh forwarding, but that only works for a specific hostname like say us.login.worldofwarcraft.com. I can get to the login gateway no problem but that server then reconnects you to another…

28-06-2007 02:13PM

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Yook

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I have World of Warcraft working under wine, the problem is there is a socks proxy in the way, so I cant connect directly. I would use ssh forwarding, but that only works for a specific hostname like say us.login.worldofwarcraft.com. I can get to the login gateway no problem but that server then reconnects you to another server who's ip I dont have.

Can anyone recommend a socks client that works for all hostnames and ports when its configured? Would you also mind giving me an example of a configuration.

Cheers all!

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#2 29-06-2007 05:58PM

karlrules

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Hmmm, the best advice i can give is buy a windows or mac. I recommend a mac.

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