[Beachboy]

Hi All,

so far XBMC only allows a fixed single proxy entry
in the network settings.
It could be interesting for some applications/addons
to have a more dynamic configuration possibility like
a configuration file.

This for example would allow to use an US based proxy
for US ip-addresses, UK based proxy for UK-sites, etc....

Otherwise each addon does have to solve this by itself.

Just an idea, how we could make it even easier.

Best regards,

Guenter

PS: Since I am traveling a lot, this would really ease the situation
and allow a standard configuration independent in which country you are,
or what your company`s proxies are doing.

[Robotica]

Once, in the XBOX-era, this was a feature. Nowadays, it has been removed. For it to come back, it is hard to become part of the network settings. But an Addon for it could be easy....

[Beachboy]

Hello Robotica,

I am brand new to XBMC, so I really can`t rate, which
is the easier to do.

How would an addon handle it?

Best regards,

Guenter

[odt_x]

As a workaround you might want to consider defining a specific proxy in xbmc pointing to a port on your own computer and use some other proxying SW installed locally to route traffic towards the appropiate proxy based on your location (SOCKS, ssh tunnels etc).

[Beachboy]

Hello,

well, yes, that is a workaround. But the greater challenge
is to find a reliably working proxy for the UK and the US.

Since I was not able to find that, I had to change the settings
back and forth, which always means changing the proxy
settings and restarting the proxy.

A direct entry in XBMC would be much faster.

Even better would be to have a network of community proxies
in each country.

Best regards,

Guenter