c3ntury Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Hey guys, Let me explain the back story to this problem, basically my 3G dongle provider (T-Mobile) seems to block IRC and MSN, and since I use XChat for IRC and Pidgin for MSN obviously it just disconnects the programs. So, my only solution I can think of is to use a proxy to connect to these services.. sadly I cannot find any reliable ones, I tried about 10 of them, 9 of them didn't work at all.. and the other one worked for 10 minutes -.-' I just need a reliable proxy to connect to MSN and IRC with. Any help would be much appreciated :) -C3NTURY. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/905388-need-a-reliable-proxy-for-connecting-to-pidgin-xchat/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudEngineer Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 could setup your own if you have trouble finding one Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/905388-need-a-reliable-proxy-for-connecting-to-pidgin-xchat/#findComment-592682056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Majesticmerc MVC Posted May 29, 2010 MVC Share Posted May 29, 2010 I'm not entirely sure that a proxy will be able to help you, since T-Mobile probably recognises the protocol being used, and just block the protocol, regardless of how many proxies you go through. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/905388-need-a-reliable-proxy-for-connecting-to-pidgin-xchat/#findComment-592682076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenom II Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 I used to have issues with MSN on my dongle, I dont think T-Mobile will be blocking such a popular app If you go into the connection settings on messenger and make sure there is no numbers in any of the connection settings, I seem to remember the SOCKS settings used to sometimes cause me problems Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/905388-need-a-reliable-proxy-for-connecting-to-pidgin-xchat/#findComment-592682098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vkavin Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 On 29/05/2010 at 12:09, Majesticmerc said: I'm not entirely sure that a proxy will be able to help you, since T-Mobile probably recognises the protocol being used, and just block the protocol, regardless of how many proxies you go through. +1 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/905388-need-a-reliable-proxy-for-connecting-to-pidgin-xchat/#findComment-592682270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeflayer Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Why not just set up a secure ssh tunnel to your home server and use something like proxifier or proxy cap. That would be the easiest and most secure way to bypass it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/905388-need-a-reliable-proxy-for-connecting-to-pidgin-xchat/#findComment-592682296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanneD Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 for IRC you could use psyBNC, you'll need a shell account on some unix server to run it though Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/905388-need-a-reliable-proxy-for-connecting-to-pidgin-xchat/#findComment-592682314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneNutter MVC Posted May 29, 2010 MVC Share Posted May 29, 2010 With Pidgin have you selected HTTP method (i forget the exact name) under the connection options for MSN? That will tell MSN to connect over port 80 which should work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/905388-need-a-reliable-proxy-for-connecting-to-pidgin-xchat/#findComment-592682330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 No discussing circumvention. In this case circumventing your ISP's restrictions. [Thread Closed] Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/905388-need-a-reliable-proxy-for-connecting-to-pidgin-xchat/#findComment-592686196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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