{"id":328,"date":"2021-12-12T14:36:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T14:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whatismyip-address.net\/?p=328"},"modified":"2021-12-12T14:46:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T14:46:02","slug":"how-to-setup-a-proxy-with-a-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatismyip-address.net\/how-to-setup-a-proxy-with-a-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup a Proxy with a Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"328\" class=\"elementor elementor-328\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e87220 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e87220\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0921d02\" data-id=\"0921d02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa65559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa65559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>How to Setup a Proxy With a Browser<\/h2><div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">One main reason to use proxy servers is that doing so it helps them save precious bandwidth. Proxy servers can compress traffic, cache files and web pages from the Internet, and even strip ads from websites before they reach your PC. This allows to save bandwidth and<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"> other benefits include improved security and privacy.<\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Here we take a look at proxy setting for top 4 web browsers,<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><h3>Internet Explorer Proxy Settings<\/h3><ul><li>Click Tools<\/li><li>Choose Internet Options<\/li><li>Select the Connections Tab<\/li><li>Click LAN settings<\/li><li>Check the &#8220;Use a proxy server for your LAN&#8221; box<\/li><li>Enter the IP Address of the Server and the Port Number<\/li><li>Click OK<\/li><li>Use a Proxy Check tool to see if your settings worked<\/li><\/ul><h3>Firefox Proxy Settings<\/h3><ul><li>Click the Firefox Button<\/li><li>Choose Options<\/li><li>Click Options in the new tab<\/li><li>Choose the Advanced Tab<\/li><li>Click Settings<\/li><li>Click Manual Proxy Settings<\/li><li>In the HTTP Proxy Box enter the IP Address of the Server and the Port number<\/li><li>Click OK<\/li><li>Use a Proxy Check tool to see if your settings worked<\/li><\/ul><h3>Google Chrome Proxy Settings<\/h3><ul><li>Click the Customize and Control Button(Button with the wrench picture in upper right corner<\/li><li>Select Under the Hood<\/li><li>Choose Change proxy settings<\/li><li>Click LAN Settings<\/li><li>Check the &#8220;Use a proxy server for your LAN&#8221; box<\/li><li>Enter the IP Address of the Server and the Port Number<\/li><li>Click OK<\/li><li>Use a Proxy Check tool to see if your settings worked<\/li><\/ul><h3>Safari Proxy Settings<\/h3><ul><li>Select Safari<\/li><li>Choose Preferences<\/li><li>Click Advanced<\/li><li>Click Change Settings<\/li><li>Check the\u00a0Web Proxy(HTTP) box<\/li><li>Enter the IP Address of the Server and the Port Number<\/li><li>Click Apply Now<\/li><li>Use a Proxy Check tool to see if your settings worked<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Setup a Proxy With a Browser One main reason to use proxy servers is that doing so it helps them save precious bandwidth. Proxy servers can compress traffic, cache files and web pages from the Internet, and even strip ads from websites before they reach your PC. This allows to save bandwidth and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatismyip-address.net\/how-to-setup-a-proxy-with-a-browser\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Setup a Proxy with a Browser<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"","site-content-layout":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Setup a Proxy with a Browser - What Is My IP Address<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatismyip-address.net\/how-to-setup-a-proxy-with-a-browser\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Setup a Proxy with a Browser - What Is My IP Address\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to Setup a Proxy With a Browser One main reason to use proxy servers is that doing so it helps them save precious bandwidth. 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