= How to Configure Your Very Own HTTP Proxy? =

Assuming that you have a Mac at home, you may want to configure it to act as a proxy. This way, you will not be dependent on wimps of your network administrator. Also if will work if network you are trying to play on does not use proxies at all (it may just prohibit traffic to Blizzard servers).  

Mac OS X users are blessed with number of excellent open source applications packaged as part of OS.  In case of web server, each Mac comes with Apache -- very best open source web server -- pre-installed.   As-Is it's used to support '''Personal Web Sharing''' ( System Preferences/Sharing ), but it can do much more.  

In order to make Apache act as HTTP proxy, all you need to do is to add single file to Apache configuration.  These are simple steps you need to perform:

 1. Download [attachment:wow2go.proxy.conf?format=raw wow2go.proxy.conf] file.
 1. Open folder '/etc/httpd/users' in Finder (normally you can not see "/etc/..." folders. press "Command" + "Shift" + "G" or select "Go To Folder" from "GO" menu and then enter "/etc/httpd/users". ) 
 1. Drag [attachment:wow2go.proxy.conf?format=raw wow2go.proxy.conf] from Download location to '/etc/httpd/users' (you may be asked to "authenticate" yourself )
 1. Restart Apache (or Start it, if it was not running). (go to System Preferences/Sharing and toggle checkbox next to '''Personal Web Sharing''' on/off/on )

You are done. Now you have your very own HTTP proxy running on your box.

'''NOTE:''' If you have router/firewall between your home computer and Internet, you will need to setup '''port forwarding''' for port 80 to direct all traffic on port 80 to the Apache server. You need to consult your router/firewall documentation in order to learn how to do it.

'''NOTE:''' In order to be able to use your proxy, you need to know your home '''external''' IP address.  Simple way to figure out your '''external''' IP address is to point your browser to http://whatsmyip.org/ (or any other web site which provides this service. google for "what is my ip" to get some).  IP address you will see (in case of whatsmyip.org it is at the top of the page) is the address you will want to use in your WoW2GO configuration.  Now things are getting a little bit more difficult.  Unless your Internet Provider provides you with '''static IP address''' your external address may change almost any second.  With some providers it almost never happen and address stays the same for ages, still with some other providers, you are getting new IP address every few hours. If you are unlucky one and your IP address does change often, you may want to investigate dynamic DNS services (like http://www.no-ip.com/ or http://www.dyndns.com/ ). Most of such services have free option which will provide you with sufficient functionality to run WoW2GO.