Getting Connected
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Your computer connects to the Tunneler service with a program that you run on your machine. This program authenticates you to the network, and creates the encrypted tunnels to our Proxy services. We use standard SSH Servers, so you may use our MetroPipe Tunneler software or another third party SSH client.
We recommend using the MetroPipe Tunneler Software that we provide and support. Although advanced users may prefer to run their own clients. Since we use the OpenSSH there are many third party clients available on all platforms. (See: Third Party Tunneler Clients section below.)
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MetroPipe Tunneler Software
The MetroPipe Tunneler software for Windows, OSX, and Linux, is a powerful software tool for protecting your privacy on the Internet. With it, you can actively encrypt your web, chat, email, and other Internet traffic.
- Having trouble getting Version V2 Connecting?
- Version V2 works wonderfully for most customers, although many have trouble. If you have trouble Getting Connected with V2 we urge you try Version V1 which works for everyone. Please contact Customer Support via email and request that version V1 be sent to you.
MetroPipe Tunneler Pro
About The tunneler Pro
Protect your entire network with no need to install software or configure machines for MetroPipe service.
All internet applications traffic are anonymized and use the VPN automatically with ZERO application configuration needed.
MetroPipe Tunneler Software Version: V1
Text Interface, Launches from Start Menu.
The V1.3 Tunneler service improves your safety and security on the Internet by anonymizing your web surfing and encrypting traffic between your browser and our network. It is easy to install and use and Works great on Windows, OS X and Linux.
Metropipe Privacy Bar for Firefox 1.5+
Trouble shooting
The PrivacyBar toolbar offers a complete set of privacy and security tools with Easy Access, providing Instant Security Controls with a mouse click.
This latest release runs on Firefox 1.5 / 1.5.0.1 for Windows, Linux and OSX.
Contains Original Code from:
SSLbar by MisterLee http://sslbar.metropipe.net/
X by Stephen Clavering, Chris Neale http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/x
Third Party Clients
Advanced users may wish to run their own SSH clients to connect to the Tunneler service. We recommend this for power users only who know what they are doing. Many already run ssh client applications, and do not wish to run another, but instead just create another profile for the tunneler service in their existing ssh client. Windows users whom use the SSH Program called Putty on a regular basis would want to do this.
Alternative Tunneler Software Configuration Page - Tunneler Service Compatible SSH Clients: Putty, Bitvise etc.
Connection Issues
- Make sure the Metropipe tunneler is running.
- Firewals - You may connect to the Tunneler service using ports 443 or 22, please instruct your firewall application to allow connections to these ports from your Tunneler client.
- Proxies - You may be:
- Stuck behind a firewall, with only Proxy access to the internet. Many Third Party Tunneler Service compatible programs do support Proxy access to the Tunneler Service. See the Alternative Tunneler Software Configuration Page for some programs to accomplish this.
- Wish to add an additional layer of anonymity and connect to the Tunneler Service via another Proxy server or service. This can be done with programs on the Alternative Tunneler Software Configuration Page. In this case the Tunneler Service would not see your machine connecting to it, but instead another Proxy servers machine IP. Anonymity can be increased using layers like this.
