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Using a proxy makes sure that the traffic you produce goes through the proxy server instead of coming directly from your Windows 11 PC
β Windows
Click the Windows Start button, type βsettingsβ and select the βSettingsβ option

Select the βNetwork & Internetβ option and click the βProxyβ option on the right

Click the βSet upβ button on the βUse a proxy serverβ card of the βManual proxy setupβ section

Toggle βUse proxy serverβ to ON, fill out the βProxy IP addressβ and βPortβ fields with the IP port forward copied from IPFighter, and press the βSaveβ button.

The above procedure works like a charm with HTTP proxies, but what if you wanted to manually configure an HTTPS or SOCKS proxy in Windows 11? That is possible but involves a different procedure!
Follow the steps below and learn how.
Click the Windows Start button, type βcontrol panelβ and select the βControl Panelβ option

Select the βNetwork and Internetβ option

Select the βInternet Optionsβ link

Reach the βConnectionsβ tab and click βLAN Settingsβ button

Check the βUse a proxy server for your LAN (β¦)β option and press the βAdvancedβ button

Copy IP port forward from IPFighter.
Fill out the form with your HTTP, HTTPS (called βSecureβ here), FTP, SOCKS proxy connection information and press βSaveβ

Windows proxy setup completed!
β MacOS
Click on the Apple icon in the top left corner and open System preferences

Select the Network panel icon.

Choose the Wi-Fi network you want to configure and click Advanced in the bottom right corner.

Click on the Proxies button and then select a protocol.

Under Web Proxy Server, input your IP port forward copied from IPFighter.

After everything is set up, click OK to confirm and Apply to activate the settings.
This is it, youβre using a proxy on MacOS now.
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