how to use chromium's --proxy-server option
I'm trying to use a proxy server with chromium but I can't get it to work. I'm using Arch Linux. Here are the steps I'm following:
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I find a proxy in the UK on the British Proxy List at proxynova.com. The Proxy IP will be something like
8.211.195.173and the Proxy Port will be something like8080. -
I start chromium using one of these options (I've tried them all):
$ chromium --proxy-server="8.211.195.173:8080" $ chromium --proxy-server="https=8.211.195.173:8080" $ chromium --proxy-server="https://8.211.195.173:8080" -
I open a webpage such as nytimes.com
Chromium then goes into loading mode for about 10 seconds after which I get this error:
This site can’t be reached
www.nytimes.com took too long to respond.
Try:
Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
ERR_TIMED_OUT
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
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It's been a while since I did proxy server stuff with Chrome and friends. (I'm mostly a Firefox user.) But when I was into it, I used an extension called SwitchyOmega. That extension itself has apparently been retired since Google went to Manifest V3, but someone has forked it into ZeroOmega.
This isn't strictly an answer to your question about --proxy-server, but I think the proxy management is really intuitive.
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