If you want to bypass a proxy server, be it while at work or at school, you have two options available to you. The first is simple and easy and involves only your web browser. It is strongly recommend that you attempt to solve your proxy server problem using this first solution. If this first solution fails, then there is a second option. The second option is a little more complex but may be necessary if the first solution does not deliver. Either way, if you want to bypass any proxy server, these are to two best solutions available regardless of who or where you may live and what kind of proxy server you are trying to bypass.

If you are lucky enough, bypassing the proxy at your work or school may be as simple as disabling it in your web browser. Many schools and work places have all computers setup to access the internet through their central proxy server. This is the reason why you may be unable to access some websites from work or school. Your computer is first connecting to the proxy server and then trying to access your website, which is in turn being detected and denied by the proxy server. Check the internet connection settings of your web browser and check to see if the proxy server details are set up in your web browser. If they are, try to disable them and connect to the internet again. You may find that with some luck the proxy server is disabled but you are now able to access the web normally.

The second method to bypass a proxy server is a little more complex, but will work regardless of the kind of proxy you are trying to bypass. Many schools or offices block specific websites (such as social networking or classified sites) and this is usually why you may have trouble accessing them. They do this usually with the goal of stopping students or employees from wasting valuable time online visiting unproductive websites. However, your school or office does not and cannot block the entire internet. Instead they block specific websites based on their website url or IP address. Therefore, you are free to access a proxy server which then redirects your connection to your desired website allowing you to access the blocked website even from work or school. Basically, your computer at school or work is connecting to a website that isn't blocked by your school or work place. Then, you use that website to connect again to the original website you wanted to access but which is blocked. Why and how can this work? Simply, your school or work place proxy server can only see you connecting to the first website. It doesn't know that you are going one step further and connecting to a second and blocked website.

To bypass a proxy server, first check to see if your web browser at work or school is setup to access the proxy. Disable it and try again. As a last resort, you may need to setup your own elite proxy in order to access websites while at work or school.