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FoxyProxy: How to Set Up Mobile Proxies and Use Them Only on Selected Sites

Setting up mobile proxies in FoxyProxy with rules for selected sites

FoxyProxy is one of the most popular proxy extensions for Firefox and Chrome. It does two things well: it stores several proxies and switches between them, and it sends only selected sites through a proxy while the rest of the traffic goes direct. The second is exactly what the built-in browser settings cannot do.

Before you start, have the connection details at hand: address, port, protocol (HTTP, HTTPS or SOCKS5), login and password. With LTESpace they are shown in your account after you choose a plan.

How to install FoxyProxy

  • open the FoxyProxy Standard page in the Firefox add-ons catalogue or FoxyProxy in the Chrome Web Store;
  • click Add to Firefox or Add to Chrome and confirm the permissions;
  • a fox icon appears on the toolbar — pin it so it is always visible.

How to add a mobile proxy

  • click the fox icon and open Options;
  • go to the list of proxies and add a new one;
  • enter a title, for example the country and the task, and pick a colour to recognise it in the list;
  • choose the proxy type to match the connection details: HTTP, HTTPS or SOCKS5;
  • enter the proxy address or host name and the port;
  • enter the username and password;
  • save.

Unlike the built-in Firefox and Chrome settings, FoxyProxy keeps the login and password for SOCKS5 too, so SOCKS5 with authorisation works through it without extra tools.

Mode 1: one proxy for everything

Click the fox icon and choose the proxy by name. All browser traffic now goes through it. To return to a direct connection, choose the option that turns the proxy off. This mode is convenient when the whole session belongs to one GEO or one task.

Mode 2: the proxy only on selected sites

This is the main reason to use FoxyProxy. Rules are called patterns and are attached to a proxy:

  • open the proxy in Options and go to its patterns;
  • add a pattern with the site address, for example *.example.com to cover the site and all its subdomains;
  • mark it as an include rule and save;
  • repeat for every site that should go through the proxy;
  • in the toolbar menu, switch FoxyProxy to the mode that uses proxies by patterns.

Now the listed sites open through the mobile proxy and everything else goes direct. Several proxies can each have their own patterns — for example, one site through a Czech proxy and another through a French one, in the same browser at the same time.

How to check that the proxy works

Add the IP checker you use as a pattern or switch to the single-proxy mode for a moment and open the checker. It should show the address of the mobile carrier, the country and city of the chosen GEO and a mobile network as the connection type. If the old IP is shown, check the pattern syntax, the mode in the toolbar menu and that no other proxy extension or VPN is active.

WebRTC can still reveal the real address even with a working proxy. How to close it is explained in how to disable WebRTC.

Changing the IP

A mobile proxy changes its address by rotation. On an LTESpace private channel you change the IP by opening a special link or set it to change on a timer; a shared channel changes the address on its own, on a timer. FoxyProxy settings stay the same. Details are in mobile proxies with rotation.

Summary

FoxyProxy stores mobile proxies with a login and password, including SOCKS5, switches between them and — most usefully — sends only selected sites through the proxy with patterns. Check the IP and WebRTC after setup and pick the proxies themselves in the LTESpace plans. For quick switching without rules, see Best Proxy Switcher; for the built-in Firefox settings, see how to set up mobile proxies in Firefox.

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