how do you make a wow private server?

Question

I luv playing wow
but i want to know how to make my own wow private server

plz help me

Answer 1

Making a WoW server

Here are "how to" links to some of the public domain efforts to emulate WoW servers.

the MaNGOS WoW server
http://www.reaper-x.com/2007/04/19/how-to-configure-mangos-the-world-of-warcraft-emulator/
http://www.reaper-x.com/2007/05/05/creating-wow-private-server-the-easier-way-perhaps/

the WoWemu WoW server
http://idiotheaven.blogspot.com/2005/12/how-to-setup-your-own-wow-server.html

a bad video on how to set up a WoW server but it still might help. You might have to turn the sound up quite abit to hear him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-uofhsUCL8&feature=related

a better made video but Im not sure how complete it is. It does look like the simplest method.
http://www.5min.com/Video/WoW---How-to-set-up-your-own-private-server-6561

To make an effort at legality you should keep track of the efforts to create a public domain version of the WoW client to go with the WoW server emulator. Still questionable but abit less so.

Answer 2

Private servers are against Blizzards TOS. If you have an active account with WoW, you agree to this every time you logon after a patch. Your account can be banned for playing on a private server. You might want to weigh whether losing access to your characters is worth it.

Answer 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v9LjUw0hnA