Proxy Masky

To configure a proxy on your MikroTik router, you need the Winbox software. The following steps must be done in the application: Open the "IP"-"WebProxy" sections. Check the box next to "Enabled". Enter the parameters of the proxy-server.

After that you have to specify the data of the proxy in the browser to be used. As an example, let's take Google Chrome. What you need to do:

Open the browser.
Click on the icon "?" in the upper right corner.
Go to "Settings".
Select the "Advanced" option.
Click the "System" tab.
Click on "Open proxy settings for your computer".
Click on "Network settings".
Activate the "Use proxy server" option.
In the tab that opens, specify the IP address of the proxy server. You should enter it in the field of the protocol to which the proxy server belongs.
Click the "OK" button to save your settings.

To hide the geckodriver.exe console in Selenium, you can use the subprocess module in Python to start the geckodriver.exe process without a console window.

Here's an example of how to do it:

import subprocess
from selenium import webdriver

# Replace 'your_url' with the URL of the webpage you want to open
subprocess.Popen(['geckodriver.exe'], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get('your_url')

# Rest of your code

driver.quit()

In this example, we use the subprocess.Popen() function to start the geckodriver.exe process without a console window. The stdout and stderr parameters are set to subprocess.DEVNULL to suppress any output from the process.

After starting the geckodriver.exe process, you can create a Firefox webdriver instance and interact with the browser as usual.

Keep in mind that hiding the console window might make it harder to debug issues that arise during the execution of your Selenium script. Consider keeping the console window visible during development and testing, and hiding it only in the final production environment.

Chromium does not support proxies in-house. There is a corresponding item in the menu, but clicking on it will open the regular proxy server settings in Windows or MacOS.

Open "Options" and then, under "Network", click on "Network Proxy". Now enter in the appropriate fields the IP address of the proxy and its port, based on the type of your proxy: HTTP/HTTPS or SOCKS. In case you suddenly need authorization, enter the authorization data in the appropriate field of the IP address.

Using the Internet in normal mode leads to loss of anonymity. In this case, the computer connects directly to the servers of sites and applications, recognizing the personal IP address and other confidential information. The use of redirecting proxy servers protects against all these unwanted consequences and allows you to bypass potential blocking. In order to take advantage of proxy servers of several types and varieties, it is necessary to install them properly.