use Firefox

This page will demonstrate in detail how to set up a Firefox+XXnet Internet access channel on a brand new Windows7 computer. (Chinese-English bilingual)

Download and install Firefox browser

download

Open the Firefox official website to download the browser: https://www.mozilla.org/zh-CN/firefox/new/.

Find all supported languages and operating systems on the "All Systems and Languages" page.

Install

• The full installation package is downloaded from the "All systems and languages" page. A warning may pop up when running the installation package, just click "Run".

• If you don't want to install "Silent Update Service", please select "Custom Installation", otherwise you can go to the next step.

• After the installation is complete, the program will ask you if you want to import data from other browsers. You can decide whether to import or not.

Get and run XX-Net

• Open https://github.com/XX-net/XX-Net#download link, pay attention to see if there is a green certificate verification successful display before the URL.
• Choose to download the stable version and unzip it after downloading. Run the start.bat in the folder to generate a desktop shortcut (later started through the shortcut)
• If a request for administrator privileges (User Account Control) pops up, please allow it.

• A firewall warning may pop up when running for the first time, please allow access.

set proxy

Option 1: Simple way

• After starting XX-Net, tray icon will appear in the lower right corner. Right-click the tray icon and click "Global PAC Smart Agent".
• Firefox menu - Options - Advanced - Network - Settings, check the automatic proxy settings, enter: http://127.0.0.1:8086/proxy.pac, complete.
• Of course, the last step is to manually import the certificate, and then you can enjoy the Internet.

Solution 2: Install and use proxy switching plugin

Addons available for firefox57+:

• https://addons.mozilla.org/zh-CN/firefox/addon/simpleproxy/

• https://addons.mozilla.org/zh-CN/firefox/addon/switchyomega/

• https://addons.mozilla.org/zh-CN/firefox/addon/foxyproxy-basic/

• 56 and long-term support version, can install pan proxy plugin

  • https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pan/?src=search

• Add filter rules, right click on the pan plugin, and then click "Filter Rules Preferences"

• To add a filter rule subscription group, first click "Add filter rule subscription group", and then click "Add" to complete. Be sure to add a subscription to the "GFWList Main" rule group.

• Select the default agent, right-click the pan, select the default agent, and then click the goagent agent.

• After this step, the browser plug-in settings are complete. Remember to click on the pan plug-in. The default blue icon means "automatic proxy", green - "global proxy", gray - "disable proxy". The following is the xx-net side, please click "Cancel Global Proxy"

• The pan plug-in agent is set up here, and finally manually import the certificate, and you can enjoy the network.

Manually set the system proxy

When using the tray menu to set the proxy fails, you can manually set the system proxy. For details, please see: Set proxy

Manually import the certificate

1. Click the menu button in the upper right corner and select "Preferences" of the browser
2. Select "Certificate" in "Advanced", select "View Certificate", select "Certificate Authority" in the certificate manager, and click "Import".
3. In the XX-Net folder, find the "CA.crt" certificate in the data\gae_proxy directory and import it.
4. In the pop-up "Download Certificate" window, select "Trust websites identified by this CA" and confirm.
5. Try to access https://www.google.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/ to check whether the certificate is imported successfully.

Note (Every time you update xx-net, keep the data folder, no need to re-import the certificate)