Anyone here familiar with connecting to the internet via socks proxy?

[Socio]

I am getting real frustrated because I can not figure out to connect to the internet via a socks proxy. I have tried using Putty and SocksCap I am able to login with either app to the server but can not connect to the internet via it in any way. I have tried with my firewall on and off so I know it has nothing to do with it. The extent of the instructions I was given via an e-mail from the service that I signed up with was:
{QUOTE->
Your socks server is:

“xxx.xxxxx.xxx

This server listens on ports 22, 2222, 80, and 443. Once logged in setup a tunnel to port 1080 for socks.”
<-QUOTE}

It seems to me once I am connected and logged in a tunnel should already be in place and internet connectivity usable. Apparently that is now how it works so if anyone is familiar with this please enlighten me.

I signed up for a socks proxy because it was supposed to be the easiest to setup and use, not so says me.

[Down_Under]

Try 602LAN Suite - all in one proxy server.
Freeware download:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/602lan.html

[LockBox]

You should consider a cheap SSH account (they're practically giving them away now) and a program called, "Safe Passage."
It's everything you need. Basically, it's your own personal anonymizer service. You connect via Safe Passage to an SSH account and surf away....
http://vast-range.com/
They even offer a full-blown three day trial of the package.

Let me know what you think.
I find this concept very interesting.

[Socio]

From what I have heard about safe passage it is actually nothing more than a fancy gui for Putty.


Socks for all intense and purposes is better than just a SSH connection anyway unless I am missing something although if I can never connect to it properly it is pretty useless.

[Paranoid2000]

Socio,

Are you starting your browser through Sockscap? You need to do this to "Socksify" its traffic. Alternatively, some browsers (e.g. Firefox) can connect to a Socks proxy directly.

[Socio]

{QUOTE-> Socio,

Are you starting your browser through Sockscap? You need to do this to "Socksify" its traffic. Alternatively, some browsers (e.g. Firefox) can connect to a Socks proxy directly. <-QUOTE}

Yes, I even tried it with Outpost shut down still can't connect to the internet, I may just switch form SOCKs to SSH tunnel instead, it will be slower but should be les problematic.

[Paranoid2000]

What does SocksCap's log report?