Using proxies to overcome the international internet link outage
Most of you guys are experiencing poor or even no connectivity to international internet sites and the MSN messenger network.
Here is a guide on using proxy servers in Internet Explorer and Firefox to improve the current outage crisis.
Here is a short list of http proxy addresses that you can try using, the guide follows.
[Australia]
* 165.228.128.10 port 3128
* 165.228.133.10 port 3128
* 165.228.130.10 port 3128
* 165.228.132.10 port 3128
* 165.228.132.11 port 80
* bfc9000.internode.on.net:553
* bfc9000.internode.on.net:554
* hfc9000.internode.on.net:553
* hfc9000.internode.on.net:554
* mfc9000.internode.on.net:553
* mfc9000.internode.on.net:554
[Saudi Arabia]
* 212.138.64.146 port 80
* 212.138.64.150 port 80
* 212.138.64.144 port 80
* 212.138.64.143 port 80
* 212.138.64.148 port 80
[United Arab Emirates]
* 80.227.0.153 port 80
Firefox:
Click the "Tools" menu -> select "Options".
Then select the "Advanced" tab, -> Now click on "Network" tab.
Click "Settings" button for Connection, Select "Manual Proxy Configuration"
Enter the IP and port. Tick "use this proxy server for all protocols", click OK...and Ok, done "
IE:
Click on the "Tools" menu -> Select "Internet options".
Click the "Connections" tab -> Select "Lan Settings".
On the "Proxy Server" section, tick "Use a proxy server for your LAN" Enter the IP and port.
Tick "bypass proxy server for local address", click OK..OK and done.
Note: The MSN Messenger proxy settings is linked with IE's proxy settings so you just need to add the new proxy server in IE and MSN Messenger will follow IE's settings.
Please give feedback regarding which proxies work for you and which doesn't.
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