How to use socks with Firefox

Firefox is the most powerfull and extendable browser in the world. So how to use socks with Firefox 3, is it hard to configure and use? No, it easy.

Run Firefox

Go to Edit -> Preferences

Click Advanced and choose Network, then Settings

Choose Manual proxy configuration and place IP address to SOCKS Host, port to Port

After that choose SOCKS v4 for 4 version of socks or SOCKS v5 for 5 version of socks

Click OK

Enjoy using socks in Firefox

For comfortable socks switching and configuring you can use FoxyProxy extension for Firefox

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