connecting to a proxy through a firewall

[Apotheosis]

Is there any way to connect to a proxy server if I am already using a firewall/router to distribute my internet connection?


So, my connection looks like this

network ---> router ---> Cable Modem ---> ISP


I would like to find a way to "change" the IP address that sites pick up when I connect to them. I know I can do this without purchasing software.

(No, I am not trying to be an uber h4x0r, just looking for a bit of privacy from marketers and the like).


I already have the IP/ports of potential proxy servers that I could use, so if this is going up the wrong route, please let me know

:D

[Ebondale]

Heres the thing about that. Your router pulls an IP address from your ISP using DHCP and distributes an IP to your devices. More than likely each of your devices is going to be a 192.168.x.x address. Websites you access from your network are still going to see the address that your router pulled from your ISP.

Example. My router gets a 66.58.x.x address from my ISP. Both of the computers inside my network have a 192.168.x.x address though. Since traffic inside my network needs to pass through my router to get out into the web (websites, games, etc) everything outside of my network will see my address as being 66.58.x.x instead of 192.168.x.x.

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[Sean of the Thread]

It prolly didn't answer his question. If it's for surfing activities do a google for proxy sites and research which to use.

[fallenSaint]

Originally posted by Xyelin
It prolly didn't answer his question. If it's for surfing activities do a google for proxy sites and research which to use.

Either that or Torrent a Proxy app, would make things rather easy for what your wanting to do.

[Celephais]

The fact that you're using a router won't make a difference, as long as you set up your browser to use the proxy server you need to use you'll be fine, all requests will travel through your ISP as normal, and then out to the proxy server, which will make the request to the WAN address as the proxy's IP, and the response will travel back through the proxy/isp/modem/router/you.

You're good, you just need a proxy server. Then Tools/Options/Connections/Settings and fill in your proxy server info.

[Apotheosis]

Thought so Ceph, thx.