Sunday, January 17, 2010

Proxy Switch & Setting


Switch Proxy Server Setting in web-browsers

How to switch proxy setting in IE, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Maxthon2 ?

Internet Explorer - IE proxy switch server
For switching the Proxy server setting of IE I'm Using this small application IE Proxy Switch which allow to choose proxy from list and switch proxy with just few clicks.
If you choose to manually switch the proxy setting this is how you do it:
So let's start with Internet explorer Proxy Server setting and see how to change it:
1) Open IE.
1) From the menu select "Tools".
2) Select "Internet Options".
3) Press on "Connections" tab.
4) Press "LAN Setting".
5) Check the "Use a proxy server" box. (Img.1)
6) In the "Address" box, enter your proxy server address. (Img.1)
7) In the "Port" box, enter the port that the proxy uses. (Img.1)
8) Press "OK" and then "OK" again.

IE Proxy Server Changes and switch Img.1




Firefox - proxy switch server
For changing the FireFox proxy server setting I'm using FireFox Add on called
SwitchProxy Tool 1.4.1 this tool can easily switch the proxy setting of the Firefox and allow you to choose the proxy from list of proxies. It's very similar to IE Proxy Switch and very helpful tool for FireFox.
FireFox switch of proxy manualy goes like this:
1) In the menu bar press "Tools".
2) Select "Options...".
3) Press the "Advance" option.
4) Press on "Network" tab.
5) Press on "Settings...".
6) Select "Manual proxy configuration:"

7) Enter the HTTP proxy Server and the used port.
8) Press OK and then OK again.

FireFox Proxy setting switch Img.2


Opera- proxy switch server
I did not found any application that help switch Opera proxy setting so here how to switch proxy manually:
1) In the menu press on "Tools".
2) Select "Preferences".
3) Select "Advance" Tab.
4) From the left menu select "Network".
5) Press "Proxy Servers..." button.
6) Fill out the proxy IP & Port.
7) Press OK and then OK again.


Opera Proxy setting switch Img.3



Safari- How to switch proxy server
To switch Safari proxy setting you can use IE Proxy Switch. If you choose to change the proxy setting manually this is how you do it:
1) Press Ctrl+,
2) Select "Advanced" Tab.
3) Press "Change Setting" button.
4)
Press "LAN Setting" button.
5) Check the "Use a proxy server" box. (Img.1)
6) In the "Address" box, enter your proxy server address. (Img.1)
7) In the "Port" box, enter the port that the proxy uses. (Img.1)
8) Press "OK" and then "OK" again.




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