How to Unblock Agario

Agario is becoming so popular it might start becoming blacklisted at your work, school, or otherwise. Luckily, on the internet, there’s always a way in. Unfortunately you might need certain privileges in order to accomplish the task, however that shouldn’t be too difficult for you.

Solution 1: The DNS block

More than likely, rather than blocking the individual IP addresses of agario, your institution has installed some sort custom DNS firewall.

This basically works by forcing your computer to look up the IP address of the agario servers by using their monitored and constantly updated (3rd party) DNS service like OpenDNS. This service is updated constantly to be on the lookout for sites that fall into certain categories, thus allowing those who use their DNS services to control who is allowed to lookup what.

Since agario is a popular game, it is on this list no doubt.

HOW TO DO IT: Getting around this type of firewall is simple. All you need to do is open your network settings, select the connection, go to properties, find the section for IPV4 settings, and under DNS, enter in the custom value

• 8.8.8.8

or

• 8.8.4.4

You don’t necessarily need both. You can also add this under IPV6 settings in the same section:

• 2001:4860:4860::8888
• 2001:4860:4860::8844

What are these numbers? They are DNS servers provided by google. If you use them, your computer will use those instead of OpenDNS or whatever else, thus allowing you to look up whatever IP addresses and websites you please.

One road block could be that you don’t have the permission to edit the network tab on the computer itself. If that is the case, there is basically nothing you can do except try to get around that.

Solution 2: The VPN

Since kids and office dwellers are generally very clever, your school (if it is strict) definitely is aware of this quick fix. A VPN is a secured connection that routes all traffic through somebody else.

Basically, you’re making an encrypted telephone call and then asking that person to gather all the agario information and then relay it back to you.

More than likely, if you try and configure such a program, you’ll be caught in the process, because there is a DNS filter on proxy and VPN websites. If that is the case, use solution 1.

SOME PROXIES / VPNS:

Google / Bing Translate. This is an old school method of accessing blocked websites, as the translator is fetching the contents and then giving it to you.

HMA: Famous for its disclosure of information to the FBI for persecution purposes, HideMyAss is one of the more popular free VPNS, which could be blocked by your institution.

HotspotShield: A favorite among many, installing this software is a popular VPN.

Look up free proxies: This is an easy method and involves simply looking up free proxy lists, then copying them into your internet settings under the proxy section. Try to find a site that mentions the speed of each proxy.

Solution 3: Desperation

Other than simply getting around your schools network agario blocks, you can simply use your own! Here are two methods for doing so:

1: Play on your phone: Just download the agario app and hope you’re satisfied with the inferior experience.

2: Use your phone’s Wifi: My personal favorite, if you have a jailbroken iphone, install the mywi app off cydia, then broadcast your own wireless network. Connect your phone to the institution network, then in your phone use the DNS fix above. If it isn’t too laggy to play, congratulations! You’re awesome.

3: City Hotspots: There are some services that broadcast hidden city wide wifi hotspots for a charge of around 10/mo. If this works, it should be pretty awesome. Congrats on having a data plan for your phone at 1/3 the cost, too.

Ultimate Solution: Portable Linux

There’s almost no way for them to block this. For the advanced users, you can install a lightweight linux distro like lucid puppy on a portable flash drive and make it bootable. It runs out of the system RAM and exits without a trace.

I would recommend downloading the program YUMI and using it to install either Hiren’s Boot CD or Lucid Puppy. Hiren’s Boot CD has a ‘Mini XP’ built in. Select the option to make it bootable and install it on either a CD, or USB.

Before you try this, make sure it works on your own computer first. When you’re booting up the computer, keep pressing F8 and try to select your USB. Every BIOS is different. If that doesn’t work, look for the key on the screen to go into the BIOS settings and change the boot priority to make your device top priority.

Once you get it to boot, simply connect to the institute network and then proceed with solutions 1 or 2 above.

Voila. There is absolutely nothing they can do except look over your shoulder. If you’re in some school computer lab this obviously isn’t going to work. If it does, enjoy agario (and everything else on the internet for that matter) as you wish. You can leave without a trace. All of their blocking is going to be on the software level, and this is the ultimate solution.

Lastly, you’re guaranteed to have no monitoring on your station. The only downside? You need to know the network key. Lookup how to reveal the network key in windows and you’re golden.