Possible ways to change/mask IP when botting?

[myjudgmentx]

Reason I ask is because I have a main account, then a botting account. I've noticed that most bans are IP related, so I wouldn't want my main to be linked with the botting account. Is there ways to do this without having a bad connection while doing so? Also, if there is, would it have to be something like hotspot shield? ((Don't want to end up with the same IP someone else is using on wow and get banned.))

Also some more info that you could give which would be great is, say if I bought 10-20 bots, ran them on the same computer. Is it possible to have each one running on a different IP? Would Blizzard be able to track the accounts from the MAC? Ty.

 

[22diehard22]

Using Virtual machines and utilizing network cards you could change your mac address/ip sorta. You can also use proxy's although proxys.

 

[hutnik]

I bot on my 2nd account, under different battle.net acc, in Vmware. It looks like another computer on same network. I could say that my brother is playing on different PC, or neighbour stealing WiFi...

 

[myjudgmentx]

Ty. These are both some good ideas. Question to a second guy, you use that software to hide the MAC address right? That's the only thing blizz could detect that would let them see it's on a same/different comp right?

 

[Jacan]

I think public proxies get you banned and/or vmware isnt very good to run wow so it might bug out and cause warden to think theres a hack, i tried vmware and openvpn and had 2 accounts banned within 12 hours, they were brand new vanilla that played 20 minz

 

[hutnik]

Vmware shouldn't be suspicious to blizzard. It's one of the few ways you could play WoW on Linux for example. But take a closer look on network adapter settings in there. Default setting is to use NAT on computer, so it don't help you in any way. you have to set it on Bridged mode, and check network adapter in virtualized OS if it have different IP and MAC than quest OS.
Also single Win XP with WoW + HB in vmware takes about 1-1,3 GB of RAM and a lot of CPU power to run smooth. Running more that 2x virtualized WoW + main WoW on quest PC will be choppy probadly.