Anonymizer Total Net Shield – Avant Browser Configuration
Dial Up/DSL
To configure your Avant browser to connect securely to our Total Net Shield servers, please open your Avant browser and click on Tools > Internet Options.
Click on the ‘Connection’ tab up at the top and select your Default dial up connection and click ‘Settings’.
In this next window, make sure the top section in ‘Automatic Configuration’ is NOT checked. And check ‘Use a proxy server for this connection’. Enter the word, localhost, with no spaces and all lowercase and the Port as 80. Click OK and your browser is now secured.
You are now set up to browse the internet anonymously; you can check your configuration settings at any website that can trace your IP address. Please go to http://www.ipchicken.com, if you are being secured by Anonymizer you will see the IP address the same as the Name Address (this IP address changes). If you are not being secured you will see your ISP Information in the Name Address.
Avant (LAN)
To configure your Avant browser to connect securely to our Total Net Shield servers, please open your Avant browser and click on Tools > Internet Options.
Click on the ‘Connection’ tab up at the top and click on ‘LAN Settings’ at the lower right.
In this next window, make sure the top section in ‘Automatic Configuration’ is NOT checked. And check the box ‘Use a proxy server for your LAN’. Enter the word, localhost, with no spaces and all lowercase and the Port as 80. Click OK and your browser is now secured.
