Your proxy provider will tell you if you need to use separate proxy addresses for different protocols. You can choose to either use the same proxy for HTTP, Secure HTTP (HTTPS), FTP, and SOCKS protocols, or use a separate proxy for each. To manually enter your proxy settings, select “Manual proxy configuration”. If you need to use a proxy auto-configuration script, your network administrator or proxy provider will provide you with the address of the script. If you select this option, your Chromebook will use the proxy configuration script instead of WPAD to configure its proxy. To have your Chromebook get its proxy settings from an automatic proxy configuration script, check the “Use an autoconfiguration URL” and enter the address of the proxy configuration script, or. If WPAD is used to discover a proxy, its address will be displayed in the “Web Proxy Auto Discovery URL” box here. If the network you’re connected to doesn’t provide a network via WPAD, your Chromebook won’t use a proxy.
This protocol is often used on business and school networks, for example. If you select this option, your Chromebook will use the Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol, or WPAD, to automatically detect whether a proxy is necessary and automatically enter the proxy settings if one is. To have your Chromebook automatically detect and apply proxy settings, select “Automatic proxy configuration”. This means your Chromebook won’t use a proxy while connected to this Wi-Fi network. If you want to use the same proxy while connected to multiple Wi-Fi networks, you’ll need to configure this multiple times-once for each network.Ĭlick the “Proxy” tab to access the proxy settings for the network you selected.īy default, “Direct Internet connection” is selected here. Then, click the name of the Wi-Fi network you’re connected to under “Internet connection.” Click the name of that Wi-Fi network in the menu that appears to change its settings.Įach Wi-Fi network has its own proxy settings.
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