Configuring HTTP-Proxies

XBMC supports HTTP-Proxies from the very beginning. HTTP-Proxies can be useful to overcome geoblocking (e.g accessing hulu.com outside the USA) or more generally accessing the internet when access is restricted by a firewall blocking special ports. Becouse HTTP-proxies take less resources than modern VPNs, proxies are a good alternative for overcome geoblocking in XBMC/Openelec.

How to configure
You can setup HTTP-proxies in System/Settings > System > Internet access. In this tab you have to setup the connection to your proxy:


 * Server: IP/Hostname of the proxy
 * Port: Port of the proxy

If your proxy supports username/password authentification you can setup the credentials in the given fields:


 * Username: Your username
 * Password: Your password

After setting up the proxy, you can check if internet access is available in the system information section.

Authentification
As stated out in the Wiki, XBMC only supports basic authentification as a authentification method for proxies. Your HTTP-proxy has to support basic as a authentification method in case you want to use a username/password authentification.