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Simon Robert wrote: > I want to fake an IP address to make it look like I'm located in North > America. This is because I have a sony ebook reader and the sony ebook > shop is for America only, us Brits have to use Waterstones which has a > lot less titles and a pretty crap site (easy to end up ordering a real > book by mistake). > > Of course this involves windows only software, adobe for waterstones and > a custom thing for sony. So I have windows 7 running on virtual box for > this. Is it possible to have the virtual machine spoof an IP address? > Then I'd be able to buy titles from the Sony shop. > Thanks > > Simon > > www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk > > Nearest thing I can think of is using a US proxy which will make your connection look like it's coming from the states. Not managed to get it working myself (I was unable to find a proxy) but I believe it can be done with an open proxy. I presume that the software which you have to use in Windows will either have an option to specify a proxy in it, or it'll use the Internet Explorer proxy settings. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html