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What happens when you run Tor Browser for the first time?
When you run Tor Browser for the first time, you will see the Tor Network Settings window. This offers you the option to connect directly to the Tor network, or to configure Tor Browser for your connection.
How do I connect to the Tor network?
This offers you the option to connect directly to the Tor network, or to configure Tor Browser for your connection. In most cases, choosing “Connect” will allow you to connect to the Tor network without any further configuration. Once clicked, a status bar will appear, showing Tor’s connection progress.
What should I do if my connection to Tor is blocked?
If you know that your connection is censored or uses a proxy, you should select this option. Tor Browser will take you through a series of configuration options. The first checkbox asks if access to the Tor network is blocked or censored on your connection. If you do not believe this is the case, leave this unchecked.
What does it mean when your Tor fails to connect?
Discarding this circuit. If you see lines like these in your Tor log, it means your Tor failed to connect to the first node in the Tor circuit. This could mean that you’re on a network that’s censored. Please try connecting with bridges, and that should fix the problem.
Can you use both Tor and a direct connection to the Internet?
4 Answers 4. Yes, you can use both a browser with a direct connection to the internet and a browser that uses the Tor proxy to access the internet (such as the Tor Browser Bundle), and still have the anonymity benefits of Tor when using the right browser.
How to run multiple Tor browsers with different IPs?
Install the third Tor browser, and change its folder name, continuing whatever pattern you’ve chosen. Start the third Tor browser, and browse about:config. Search for “torlauncher”, and double-click the extensions.torlauncher.start_tor line to set it to false. Then change its SOCKS Port to 9153, and close it.
How can I tell if my computer is using Tor?
Search for “torlauncher”, and double-click the extensions.torlauncher.start_tor line to set it to false. Then change its SOCKS Port to 9153, and close it. Now start the first Tor browser, and then the third Tor browser. In the third Tor browser, browse https://check.torproject.org/ and verify that you’re using Tor.
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