Proxy Server Setup on a Computer: Windows 11 and macOS

What you need

Have four values from My assets ready: address, port, username and password. Proxy302 HTTP is on port 2222 and SOCKS5 on port 3333 of proxy.proxy302.com; for a static IP use the address, port and protocol shown in My assets, because each IP is issued with one protocol. The proxy address, port and login guide explains how to read these values.

• proxy address, port and login guide

Windows 11

The Microsoft instructions for manual setup go like this.

Windows 11: steps

1. Step 1

   Open Settings and select Network & internet, then Proxy.

2. Step 2

   Under Manual proxy setup, next to Use a proxy server, select Set up.

3. Step 3

   Turn on Use a proxy server.

4. Step 4

   In the Proxy IP address and Port boxes, enter the address and port.

5. Step 5

   If you do not want the proxy for certain sites, enter the ending of the website address in the exception list; the page shows the format *.contoso.com, and several addresses are separated by a semicolon.

6. Step 6

   Microsoft recommends selecting Don't use the proxy server for local (intranet) addresses unless your organization requires otherwise. Select Save.

Windows 11, continued

The Microsoft instructions have no username or password box: they describe the address and port only. If your proxy asks for a login, set it in the program itself, for example in a browser extension (see the FoxyProxy guide). Microsoft also describes other ways: automatic detection and a setup script.

• FoxyProxy guide

• Sources:
• Microsoft Support: Use a proxy server in Windows

macOS

Apple describes the path as: Apple menu, System Settings, Network, select a network service, click Details, then Proxies. The list has rows for auto proxy discovery, automatic proxy configuration (a PAC file), web proxy (HTTP), secure web proxy (HTTPS) and SOCKS proxy. For each of the last three you enter the server address and port number and, if needed, turn on "Proxy server requires password" and enter the user name and password.

For a Proxy302 HTTP proxy, fill the web proxy (HTTP) row and, so that https:// addresses also go through the proxy, the secure web proxy (HTTPS) row, with the address and port 2222 in both. For SOCKS5, fill the SOCKS proxy row with port 3333. Below them are "Exclude simple hostnames" and "Bypass proxy settings for these hosts & domains", whose entries are separated by commas.

• Sources:
• Apple Support: Change proxy settings on Mac

System proxy or a proxy in a program

A system proxy is set in the operating system settings, and some programs have their own proxy settings; the FoxyProxy extension, for example, sets the proxy inside the browser. If a program still shows your usual IP after you set the system proxy, open that program's own proxy settings and check its documentation.

Check the outgoing IP

Open https://ipinfo.io/json in a browser. The ip and country fields should belong to the proxy, not to your own connection. If it shows your usual address, check that the proxy is switched on and the settings are saved. The proxy location guide explains the fields.

• proxy location guide

Turn the proxy off

In Windows, switch off Use a proxy server in the same settings window and save. In macOS, switch off the rows you turned on in the Proxies tab. Then open https://ipinfo.io/json again and confirm your usual address shows.

Typical mistakes

A wrong port: Proxy302 HTTP is 2222 and SOCKS5 is 3333. The protocol must match the port: do not put the SOCKS5 port in the HTTP proxy row. Type only the address in the address box and the port in the port box, with no extra characters. Exceptions: leave the local addresses option selected in Windows, otherwise access to internal resources may go through the proxy. Status 407 or a login box that keeps returning means the username or password was not accepted; see the authentication guide. If pages do not open at all, see the connection failed guide.

• authentication guide
• connection failed guide

• Sources:
• Microsoft Support: Use a proxy server in Windows

How to do it with Proxy302

A system proxy only needs the address, port, username and password of a Proxy302 proxy. Rotating residential traffic is billed per GB and the exit country is set when you generate the proxy; a static ISP IP stays fixed for the whole lease term and does not rotate. The table shows exits in 7 countries from our latest hourly check; the probe sends its request to ChatGPT, which is only an example target of a network check. A proxy does not change ChatGPT's terms, and OpenAI's list of supported countries still applies. Details are on the rotating residential page and in the proxy location guide.

• rotating residential page
• proxy location guide
• ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini supported countries

Measured exits: ChatGPT from 7 countries

Hourly check of the Proxy302 probe, 25 October 2026, 08:29 UTC: one request to ChatGPT per country through a dynamic residential exit, using the public Proxy302 entry. Only the first three octets of an IP are public. One sample per country, not an average; later checks will differ.

• Sources:
• Proxy302 hourly connectivity check

How to do it with Proxy302: steps

1. Step 1

   Open the rotating residential page, choose the line, and keep Protocol on HTTP or choose SOCKS5, then click Review cost and generate.

2. Step 2

   Open My assets (the console page that holds everything you bought) and copy HOST, PORT, USERNAME and PASSWORD. The Connect page shows a ready example with your own endpoint.

3. Step 3

   Enter the details in the browser or tool you are setting up.

4. Step 4

   Confirm the exit with https://ipinfo.io/json through the proxy.

5. Step 5

   From mainland China, start the helper tool from the Connect page first and keep it open while you use the proxy.

   • Helper tool guide

Prices and limits

The Budget line costs US$1.50 per GB, US$1.35 per GB in a 100 GB package and US$1.20 per GB at 300 GB. There is no free trial, and the smallest purchase is 1 GB. Which exit locations are available changes daily.

• Sources:
• Proxy302 product facts and price list

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