App to Discover IP Addresses for Proxy Switchers

by Rian

If you are using a rule-based proxy switcher, checking IP addresses for each proxy could easily get out of hand. It is possible to stop the auto-routing and force the connection for manual testing, but that is not what I wanted to do with a browser extension.

The website I recommend using for this occasion is ifconfig.co, and it simply displays the information of the connection being made, such as the geolocation from IP address, the browser info, and so on. The part that is unique to ifconfig.co is that it ignores additional tags at the end of the url. For example, if you have a proxyA and proxyB, you could create two bookmarks ifconfig.co/?tag=A and ifconfig.co/?tag=B. With the rule set to capture tag=X, the result will display the information based on the proxy connection.

The utility in question can be used outside of the browser, and such a feature isn’t limited to just ifconfig.co, so do feel free to examine other alternatives. Just be sure the website or the service ignores any tags appended to the URL.