How to make private non-profit TBC WoW server?

Question

I want to make private World of warcraft server but i dont know what to do???

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.

Disclaimer: using a private server with WoW client software violates the ToS that you agreed to. You can lose ALL of your official characters AND be banned from all present and future Blizzard games. Decide wisely because Internet never forgets.

Answer 2

This violates blizzards Terms of service. Even if it didn't its not a trivial task. You would have to record all tcp/ip traffic when you play normally to see how the program communicates with the server... dang it I am starting to answer the question. It violates Blizzard's TOS.