lost Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 Anyone know how to set up a proxy server? What program to use? .. etc Back story: For the summer, I got myself a boring job at school. I wanted to set up a proxy server at home, so I could spend the hours playing Starcraft 2, and WOW. I wanted to set up my own proxy server at home, to connect to from school to play. I've tried googling, but all the search results I get show me how to connect to the free proxy servers online. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 First First link here How to Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 Why do you need a proxy server to do this? Most schools won't forward ports for you but neither of those games require any open ports to run properly... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 Why do you need a proxy server to do this? Most schools won't forward ports for you but neither of those games require any open ports to run properly... Last year, I saw people bring in WOW on their flash drive, and they were able to play it on the school computer. But when I tried yesterday with my laptop, plugging into the computer, internet worked fine, but none of the games would connect. So I figured they blocked the ports the game needs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 First First link here How to That's a web page proxy server. I need something where I can use WinSocks with, or change the Proxy setting in a mac. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmb938 Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 Use a ssh socks proxy. easiest thing to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 Use a ssh socks proxy. easiest thing to do. Eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmb938 Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/use-putty-as-a-secure-proxy-on-windows/421 You need a linux machine also that tutorial is for firefox but there is some programs to make it work with games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) Last year, I saw people bring in WOW on their flash drive, and they were able to play it on the school computer. But when I tried yesterday with my laptop, plugging into the computer, internet worked fine, but none of the games would connect. So I figured they blocked the ports the game needs? Why couldn't you just run it like normal on your laptop? Did you try the flash drive on the school computer? It may be as simple as emailing your IT staff and asking them about it. Rarely do schools actively block outgoing connections like that. Edited May 25, 2011 by Waco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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