A question about the Wii Internet Channel

[Hannyness]

Why would you need to use a proxy on one? The only reason needed to use a proxy is to avoid a filter to to hack something unnoticed, and you can't do either of those things on a wii - yet it still as a proxy option. Why?

 

[Chengi]

Why would you need to use a proxy on one? The only reason needed to use a proxy is to avoid a filter to to hack something unnoticed, and you can't do either of those things on a wii - yet it still as a proxy option. Why?

The same question runs around my head.

 

[Sik]

I thought the main purpose of proxies were to allow several terminals to use the same connection at the same time as if they were different ones. This is used mainly in cybercafes and such, where there is only a single connection, but all computers run under a proxy so they look as if they were under different ones.

However proxies are also useful for hackers to hide their real connection, which is why a lot of services can't be used under a proxy.