ProxyConnect
Here's a way to connect to the game through work or otherwise firewall'd.
Things you will need:
- Access to a computer that will remain on and connected to the internet when you need to login
- Cygwin installed on said computer (or it to be a mac/linux, but I don't cover that)
- PuTTY on your work computer
Follow these directions to setup an ssh server on your home computer:
http://lifehacker.com/software/home-server/geek-to-live--set-up-a-personal-home-ssh-server-205090.php
From your work computer, open up PuTTY and setup a new config.
- In the Session screen put the IP address of your home computer, and leave the port as 22, and select SSH.
- In the Connection/Proxy screen, enter the data for your work computer's proxy (should be the same data that's in IE under proxy settings, often proxy.<workdomain>.com and port 8080).
- Under Connection/SSH/Tunnels enter the following tunnels:
eaccess.play.net:7900 updater.play.net:5535 storm.gs4.game.play.net:10124 play.gs4.game.play.net:10121 storm.gs4.game.play.net:10024 play.gs4.game.play.net:4900
(Each of these is in the form "address:port", enter the whole thing (address:port) in the destination field, enter the port in the source port field, and click Add.) [Thanks to Darryl for noting to add the two Prime ports (10024/4900).]
- Back under Session, save the session to some name
- Now click Open at the bottom, and login to your ssh server using the login you setup when you set it up on your home computer (usually it's the same username/password as you use to login to your home computer normally)
Now, from your work computer, edit (in notepad, and then save) C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts to look like this (after the comments):
127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 eaccess.play.net 127.0.0.1 storm.gs4.game.play.net 127.0.0.1 plat.gs4.game.play.net 127.0.0.1 ukena.simutronics.com 127.0.0.1 updater.play.net
Now you should be all set. If all of these steps worked, you can now install the SGE and loader and login!
Hope that helps.
- Greminty