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How to ignore HTTP proxy for EVE Client?
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Marcos Quatros
Alexylva Paradox
#1 - 2013-11-05 03:56:10 UTC
Hello Everyone!

I'm looking for a little guidance to see if there's any way to configure EVE's network proxy settings.

Background:

On my home network, I have an old server running Squid, and a few other odds & ends. The Squid server is configured as a HTTP only proxy - so anything through port 80 should go through the proxy, and everything else connects directly. (The network does not enforce this as a requirement, so any client could ignore the configuration and connect directly)

Normally, this works great. However, my usage pattern is such that sometimes I'll throw a few unrelated big jobs onto the server, then fire up EVE while the server is doing it's thing. This has an unexpected side-effect: initially, EVE is mostly playable with no lag or other issues (everything seems to run on ports besides 80). However, once combat starts, EVE started lagging terribly. When I glanced at a TCP tool, I see the EVE client is occasionally making HTTP requests, and my server was otherwise too busy to let Squid be it's normal responsive self.

So, is there a way I can just tell EVE (Windows client) to ignore my normal proxy settings, and always make requests directly (without the proxy)? I'm not too worried about this issue arising again in the immediate future - but the next time I go to run an update on my server, I am quite likely to forget that it will effect EVE at the worst possible time Big smile .

Thanks for any insight!
Phext
SIGBUS
#2 - 2013-11-05 12:28:20 UTC
Where do Eve read the proxy settings from? Internet Explorer Settings in Windows? If thats the case, you should enter the target domains into the "no proxy for:" (or whatever it is called in your IE Proxy Settings) dialogue. Keep in mind that your browser will use this exclusion also.

If your proxy isn't responding withing a reasonable time because of being busy working on your big jobs, simply forward the traffic on the proxy temporarily. Depending on the OS your squid is running on (assuming linux or *bsd), this may be achieved through iptables, ipf, pf...(or whatever your packet filtering software on your OS is called).

:wq!
Marcos Quatros
Alexylva Paradox
#3 - 2013-11-13 04:26:44 UTC
Hello,

Sorry I didn't see your response earlier. I think EVE is using the same settings from IE, so putting in the domains there is a brilliant idea.

For now, I'm bumping up the process priority for Squid, but if I see this again, I guess I'll be tracking down which domains EVE uses during gameplay, and plugging them in.

Thanks again for your insight!