Proxy switching program?

Zapho

Anyone know of a (preferably free) windows program that sits on the systray
and allows you to switch between a selection of proxy servers without having to
go into each program and switching them manually.
For example, I move my laptop from home to the office every day. At home I've
no proxy server, in the office I do. I hate having to switch between proxies on
gtalk, firefox and the like, surely there's something that can do it at the touch of a button ?

I tried googling it, but most programs were IE specific and those that weren't, cost money.

aFlabbyPanda

I dont think there is but you could always set a proxy up at home to match what you have in work I suppose. or else create on profile for work and for at home.

Zapho

Meh, I don't want to have to go to the bother of setting up a proxy at home really. The profile idea isn't a bad one though.

Capt'n Midnight

there is a FireFox extension to switch proxies
like many download programs it has its' own proxy settings that are different to windows system

most other programs take their settings from IE ( = control panel internet)

you can setup a proxy auto configuration file with rules for different words/addresses/IP's /protocols to go via different proxies.

you can use lmhosts to define an ip address of a PROXY and then change the lmhosts file and nbtstat -R to use the new definition (but only works if all proxies on same port)

don't forget you have to reg hack IE because it has a proxy caching default of 30 minutes - changes may/may not take effect by then

I;m not sure if netsh has an


netsh int ip reset reset.log - resets IP settings as a one liner

you are looking for a free version of http://www.netswitcher.com

it can all be done by reg settings so having reg files can do it - but messy to setup and if it goes wrong reinstalling windows won't fix some tcp/ip problems.


www.schooner.com/~loverso/no-ads/ - proxy script

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830605 - proxycfg.exe
http://www.updatexp.com/0x8024402c.html - yet more things to try to get windows updtate to work
note the list of other services to stop and the above mentioned 30 minute timeout in IE

Use the proxycfg tool to specify a proxy server to use (proxycfg.exe -p <proxy server>).

You can also change your IP easily if you move around too

a less sophisticated method would be to create a batch file for each location, or for DHCP, click on it and it will make the necessary basic changes, as in the sample below. I don't believe you will find a method that deals with the wireless connections, however I would be interested to see one as well, it would be quite useful.

rem Reset network Settings for static IP
netsh interface ip set address name = "Local Area Connection" source = static addr = 10.0.0.99 mask = 255.255.255.0
netsh interface ip set address name = "Local Area Connection" gateway = 10.0.0.254 gwmetric = 1
netsh interface ip set dns name = "Local Area Connection" source = static addr = 24.222.0.91
netsh interface ip add dns name = "Local Area Connection" addr = 66.66.0.1
netsh interface ip show config
pause

Zapho

Wow man, thanks for all the help. I'll definately give your tips a shot. Cheers again