# arclink module / proxy mode

**URL:** <https://discourse.obspy.org/t/arclink-module-proxy-mode/100>\
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**Created:** [February 7, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/arclink-module-proxy-mode/100 "2012-02-07T16:14:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emiliano\_Russo1](https://discourse.obspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Emiliano\_Russo1](https://discourse.obspy.org/u/Emiliano_Russo1)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/arclink-module-proxy-mode/100/1 "2012-02-07T16:14:01Z")

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hello everybody,

does anyone knows if the arclink module does support proxy mode?  
(as the newer Seiscomp3 arclink\_fetch)

ty  
Emiliano

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**Author:** ![barsch](https://discourse.obspy.org/user_avatar/discourse.obspy.org/barsch/32/7_2.png) [@barsch](https://discourse.obspy.org/u/barsch)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/arclink-module-proxy-mode/100/2 "2012-02-07T16:28:03Z")

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Hi Emiliano,

First of all, I'm not sure what exactly you mean with "proxy mode".

However you may disable routing (see route=False in [http://docs.obspy.org/packages/autogen/obspy.arclink.client.Client.getWaveform.html](http://docs.obspy.org/packages/autogen/obspy.arclink.client.Client.getWaveform.html)) and request data from one of the ArcLink proxies such as webdc.eu:18001 - the proxy will fetch the data from the underlying network node(s) and directly return the data to your client. If routing is enabled your client will try to connect directly with the corresponding ArcLink server network node and fetch the data. Routing is enabled by default.

Cheers,  
Robert