Setting up FoxyProxy -- not working

NickE

After successfully adding the proxy to BitTorrent, I wanted to additionally set up the Firefox FoxyProxy add-on -- but none of the attempts have worked yet.

Under "Manual Proxy Configuration," I've entered
        Host or IP Address:  proxy-nl.privateinternetaccess.com
        Port:                       1080
I've then entered by ID/pwd, and have tried both checking and unchecking "SOCKS proxy: SOCKS v5."  None of these seem to allow connections.

Am I doing something wrong, or do I need to port-forward 1080 in my router, or something else?

Seems like this should be a simple set-up, but I still can't get it to work...

Thanks for any suggestion... 

UserKK

FoxyProxy does not support SOCKS 4a/5 authentication.  It looks like it does, but it doesn't

source - http://getfoxyproxy.org/fpplus/faq.html

I use Proxifier to manage the Proxy - https://www.proxifier.com/ works great and on any browser.

Maxthon Browser has built in Socks5 support - http://www.maxthon.com/

Hope this helps

WinstonSmith

Maxthon web browser can be configured with a SOCKS5 proxy with authentication.

Enjoy!

p6749995

Proxy Toggle for Firefox 57+ solves your problem
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/proxy-toggle/

[Deleted User]

Just a note, for *Linux users* who want a proxy solution, I recommend using proxychains instead of trusting any browser's plugins.

Proxychains is like Torsocks or "proxyify", and it forces all traffic over the proxychains configured tunnel, which can include multiple hops (including over Tor + proxy).