What to do if you can't connect to the Internet by setting up an ip proxy

In the network world, we often encounter the need to set up IP proxies, sometimes we need to hide the real IP address through a proxy server to protect personal privacy or to realize some specific functions. However, sometimes we find that we can't connect to the Internet after setting up an IP proxy, what's going on here? Today we will discuss this issue.

Checking Proxy Settings

First of all, when we find that we can't connect to the Internet after setting up IP proxy, the first step is to check whether the proxy we set up is correct or not. In Windows system, we can check it by following steps:

1. Open the "Control Panel", click on the "Network and Internet" option, and then select "Internet Options";
2. In the pop-up window, switch to the "Connections" tab and click "LAN Settings";
3. In the LAN Settings pop-up window, check if the proxy server settings are correct.

If the proxy settings are correct, then it is likely that there is a problem with the proxy server itself, at which point we can try switching to another available proxy server to try it out.

Checking the network connection

In addition, the problem of not being able to network by setting up an IP proxy may also be due to a malfunction in the network connection itself. At this point, we need to check the various aspects of the network connection step by step to confirm whether there is a problem. We can use the following commands to check whether the network connection is normal one by one:

ping www.baidu.com

If the ping command doesn't return the results properly, then it is likely that there is a problem with the network connection. At this point, we can try to restart the router or switch to another network environment to try.

Inspection of fire protection settings

Sometimes, we can't connect to the Internet after setting up IP proxy, it may be because the system fire prevention blocks the proxy server connection. In this case, we need to open the system fire protection settings and confirm whether there are any proxy server related blocking rules. We can check the firewall settings by following the steps below:

1. Open the Control Panel, click the "System and Security" option, and then select "Windows Defender Firewall";
2. In the pop-up window, click "Advanced Settings";
3. In the advanced settings, check if there are any proxy server related blocking rules, if there are, we can try to disable these rules to try.

summarize

Through the above analysis, we can see that Setting up IP Proxy not being able to network may be caused by a variety of reasons. When encountering such a problem, we need to patiently troubleshoot one by one to confirm every possible problematic link, and eventually find and solve the root cause of the problem. I hope this article will help you in this regard, thanks for reading!

I hope that today's article will help you and that you will be able to solve such problems successfully in the future. The online world is unpredictable, all we have to do is to keep learning and exploring in order to better adapt and solve various online problems. I wish you all the best in the online world!