A host name leads to a machine; the port leads to a service on it. Proxy services listen for HTTP on one port and for SOCKS5 on another. Mixing them up, for example sending HTTP to the SOCKS5 port, ends in a timeout or a strange error.
On BooProxies each kind of proxy has its own host and its own pair of ports. For residential they are 8080 for HTTP and 1080 for SOCKS5. The full table is in the docs.
A port number says nothing about where the exit IP address is or what kind it is; the plan and the username decide that. If a connection hangs with no answer at all, check the port first, because a wrong login gets an answer and a wrong port usually does not.
Questions about proxy port
Why does each proxy type have a different port?
Each type is a separate gateway. The port, together with the host, tells the network which pool your request belongs to.
What if my network blocks the port?
Some offices and public networks allow only common ports. Try from another network or from a server; the proxy itself is the same from anywhere.
Related terms
- HTTP proxy
- An HTTP proxy is a proxy that speaks the web's own protocol. Almost every program supports it, and it carries both http and https sites.
- SOCKS5 proxy
- A SOCKS5 proxy passes any kind of network connection, not only web pages, and can sign you in with a username and password.
- Proxy format
- A proxy format is the order in which a proxy's host, port, username and password are written on one line, which differs from tool to tool.
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