How to Configure Proxy Settings With Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer can access websites you visit through proxy servers. When you configure a proxy server, Internet Explorer routes your Web traffic through the proxy server. The proxy server can log, filter or cache browsing traffic. Corporate and educational networks often require the use proxy servers to access the Internet. Other programs on your computer usually obey Internet Explorer's proxy settings, unless they have their own proxy configuration settings.

Instructions

1. Click the gear icon at the top-right corner of the Internet Explorer window.

2. Click "Internet Options" in the menu that appears.

3. Click the "Connections" tab at the top of the Internet Options window.

4. Click the "LAN Settings" button on the connections pane.

5. Click the "Use a Proxy Server for Your LAN" checkbox in the window that appears.

6. Type the address of the proxy server into the Address box.

7. Type the port the proxy server uses into the Port box. Leave the default port of "80" alone if you don't know.

8. Click "OK" twice.

Tips & Warnings

• If you need to use a configuration script for your proxy settings, you can click the "Use Automatic Configuration Script" checkbox instead of the "Use a Proxy Server for Your LAN" checkbox and type its address into the Address box.

• You can configure advanced proxy settings, including different proxy servers for different protocols and addresses that Internet Explorer should bypass the proxy server for in the advanced proxy settings window. Click the "Advanced" button to the right of the port box.

• Click the "Tools" menu instead of the gear icon on Internet Explorer 8 or earlier.

References

• Microsoft: Change Proxy Settings in Internet Explorer