What you need:

1. A computer
2. A network
3. Access to a SSH proxy service

Have you ever wanted to run all your computers and networked devices, such as Roku players, BluRay, dvd, WD HD live players or any other networked device through your proxy without installing software on every device?  There are a few advantages to this setup. For one, there is no way to install proxy software on many network devices.  These network devices may need to be proxied to gain access to certain content with geological restrictions.

You need to have access to a proxy server in the US.  There are many to choose from. I use secure-tunnel.com Webtunnel SSH. What we will do is set up a local proxy that routes your connection through another proxy in the United States, where the content is available.  You need to get everything right for this to work, but it really is not too difficult.  It will take about ten to fifteen minutes for someone with moderate computer ability.

First you need a computer.  I am assuming that since you are reading this, that we are covered there. This computer must be running while you are tunneling your Xbox connections.

Now Download Putty, a free SSH client with the necessary capabilities.

Run Putty and enter the name of your proxy server and port number in the Host Name.  I entered webtunnel.secure-tunnel.com as this is the server to which I will connect.

Scroll down to SSH and click on the label.  Check the box marked “Don’t start a shell or command at all”.  This will ensure that Putty only opens tunnel connections.

Open SSH and then open Tunnels.  We will now create the necessary port forwards to route the media through the proxy.  First, ensure that the box next to “Local ports accept connections from other hosts” is checked.  This way, other computers (or your xbox) can route through your computer.  This is not a good idea on a public network but if you are on a personal network, it is ok.

The source port can be whatever you want, but it must be a free port so picking something high will be best.  I chose port 9999.  The destination will be whatever the proxy provider uses on their servers to route your data.  It could be localhost, or web chameleon, or mixmaster.xxx.xxx but for secure-tunnel it is webtunnel.secure-tunnel.com on port 8080.  You will have to consult your proxy service to find what they use. Once this data is entered, click add.

Your connection is now all set up.  Go back to session, and give it a name under saved sessions and then click save.  This way you will not have to enter this information each time you connect.

Now click open and you will be prompted for your username and password.  You are now connected to your proxy server, but not quite done with your setup. You will be prompted by your firewall if you are running 7 or Vista.  You should allow Putty to access the internet.

Open the start menu and enter cmd in the run line.  Once the command prompt is up, type “ipconfig”

You will see something like this:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.121.222
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.121.1

We are interested in the Ipv4 Address.  This will be the address you enter as your proxy server, in your device.  Remember the source port you chose in the tunnels section of Putty?  That is the port you will enter for the proxy port.  In my case, I would enter 192.168.121.222 port 9999.  This would connect to Putty and send my data on the way to the proxy server.