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title: "Nym TcpProxy: Route TCP via the Mixnet"
description: "Route TCP traffic through the Nym mixnet using the TcpProxy Rust module. Covers architecture, single and multi-connection patterns, and troubleshooting."
schemaType: "TechArticle"
section: "Developers"
lastUpdated: "2026-02-11"
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# TcpProxy Module
import { Callout } from 'nextra/components';

This module exposes the `TcpProxyClient` and the `TcpProxyServer` which can be used to proxy traffic through the Mixnet in a way that is more familiar to developers than the methods exposed by the [`Mixnet` module](./mixnet).

Both `Client` and `Server` are intended to be initialised and then run in a background thread, exposing a configurable `localhost` socket which developers can read/write/stream to without having to worry about the message-based nature of sending and receiving traffic to/from the Mixnet.

> Non-Rust/Go developers who want to experiment with this module can start with the [standalone binaries](../tools/standalone-tcpproxy).
