Proxy Thielemans

On smartphones, when a proxy is turned on, the corresponding indicator (the "VPN" icon) appears in the status bar. In Windows you have to go to "Settings", open "Network and Internet". Under "Proxy Server", if the item "Manual" is activated, it means that the proxy is engaged right now.

To connect your router to a proxy server, follow these steps:

1. Access router admin interface (usually 192.168.1.1)
2. Log in with default or custom credentials
3. Navigate to LAN/Network settings
4. Find and open Proxy Server settings
5. Enter proxy server type, IP, port, and authentication if needed
6. Save and apply changes
7. Update device proxy settings to use router's proxy server

If you can't download images in Scrapy:

- Check the image pipeline configuration in settings.py.
- Verify HTTPS compatibility and install the certifi package if necessary.
- Confirm the correctness of XPath or CSS selectors for image URLs.
- Ensure image URLs are in the correct format; log URLs for inspection.
- Handle redirects by setting REDIRECT_ENABLED = True.
- Check and set appropriate HTTP headers in your Scrapy spider.
- Adjust the CONCURRENT_REQUESTS setting to avoid server restrictions.
- Verify correct configuration of the ImagesPipeline.
- Inspect the downloaded images in the specified IMAGES_STORE directory.
- Implement exception handling in your spider to catch download errors.

Deactivating the proxy on android is a reverse process. To do this, you will need to go back to the previous settings in the browser, if that is where you set the installation parameters. In the item "Change proxy status", namely in the ProxyDroid app, set the "Off" position.

A VPN server address is an IP address or domain name through which you access the Internet. All traffic will be redirected through it. And the address is specified by the user, you can get it directly from the VPN-service, which provides such a service.