Bypassing a proxy server for SL.
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Jornak Seraph
Rawr.
Join date: 23 Dec 2004
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01-18-2005 07:26
Is there any way to do this?
EDIT: If not, that's something that SL should think about incorporating into the program.
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Jesrad Seraph
Nonsense
Join date: 11 Dec 2004
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01-18-2005 11:50
Go back to work you slacker !
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Pepsi Bailly
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10-02-2005 07:36
bumb. in uni, can't play anything  |
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Lee Linden
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Join date: 31 Dec 1969
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10-03-2005 11:16
Second Life does work with proxies IF the proxy allows unblocked communication on the ports we need to connect on.
If not, then we're just like any other program that can't get the ports we need; it won't work.
Universities in particular tend to have UDP network access totally disabled; UDP isn't used by websites but is used by file-sharing programs (which, left unchecked, will consume a majority of a university network's bandwidth). If UDP isn't available, there isn't an effective solution for Second Life.
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Gwyneth Llewelyn
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Join date: 31 Jul 2004
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11-25-2005 10:04
Lee, does that mean that the Preferences setting for SOCKS4/5 is disabled/not functional/with limited functionality? A *few* residents have reported success using it, but in my case, I was never able to make it work so far...
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Argent Stonecutter
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Join date: 20 Sep 2005
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11-25-2005 11:41
You could try running SL under the Hummingbird Socks client instead of using SL's own socks support.
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Nathan Stewart
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11-25-2005 13:29
From: Gwyneth Llewelyn Lee, does that mean that the Preferences setting for SOCKS4/5 is disabled/not functional/with limited functionality? A *few* residents have reported success using it, but in my case, I was never able to make it work so far... I believe the socks 4/5 entries in preferences were left in because html was added to early versions of 1.7, and it was really meant for that, not sure how feature complete that part is as html was removed prior to preview, so it might be a good idea for them to disable the checkbox to enable proxy for now |
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Gwyneth Llewelyn
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11-26-2005 02:04
Yes, Nathan, that was my belief as well, but some people have posted on the forums that they had success setting it up, and I wonder how they did it. Argent, thanks for the tip. Yes, I could try that instead — if I had a PC running Windows  |
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Nathan Stewart
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11-26-2005 02:22
From: Gwyneth Llewelyn Yes, Nathan, that was my belief as well, but some people have posted on the forums that they had success setting it up, and I wonder how they did it. Argent, thanks for the tip. Yes, I could try that instead — if I had a PC running Windows It wasnt part of the preview tests, so would of only been tested internally or privately, and it wasnt touted as a feature of 1.7 on release so im not really sure Lee mentioned it does work but requires a full udp proxy which makes sense to get a connection to the simulators, that could also get you seeing some partial connects where you get past login but get stuck connecting to region if udp is being blocked by proxy, maybe it needs a bit of tweaking so when you enable it it sends a few packets and waits for answers etc, and then enables the options if alls ok if not it can say cant enable proxy connections to port xxx are being blocked or tcp / udp connections are being blocked. etc |
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Argent Stonecutter
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11-26-2005 09:48
From: Gwyneth Llewelyn Yes, Nathan, that was my belief as well, but some people have posted on the forums that they had success setting it up, and I wonder how they did it. Argent, thanks for the tip. Yes, I could try that instead — if I had a PC running Windows Heh. I assumed Windows because this kind of proxy problem tends to be a Windows problem, because Windows TCP/IP support is both primitive and deliberately crippled. For a Mac it shouldn't be a problem, because there's SO many ways you can set up a stealth tunnel to the outside world on UNIX it's not funny. I know one guy who was running IP over DNS queries! Google for "ppp" and "tunnel" for more info. |
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Gwyneth Llewelyn
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11-27-2005 03:01
From: Argent Stonecutter [...]For a Mac it shouldn't be a problem, because there's SO many ways you can set up a stealth tunnel to the outside world on UNIX it's not funny. I know one guy who was running IP over DNS queries! Google for "ppp" and "tunnel" for more info. You're a genius. Thanks a lot for that suggestion! Yes, that will almost surely work! |
