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Blog.Fastssh.com – SHADOWSOCKS is a socks5 proxy designed for internet use. Shadowsocks can be used on various platforms such as Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS, and OpenWRT. Shadowsocks is fast, easy to install and open-source. And you can install Shadowsocks on your respective servers via the Shadowsocks official website or through the Shadowsocks Teddysun install script. This article will explain in full but briefly How to Use Shadowsocks on Android and PC.
Shadowsocks uses TCP and HTTPS which do not have the same level of security as a VPN but allow Shadowsocks to bypass restrictions with better connection speeds.
Many people confuse Shadowsocks and a VPN service, although some of their functions are similar, they are two different tools.
Shadowsocks uses a technique called proxying which is a useful method of bypassing censorship boundaries. Typically, proxying involves rerouting traffic through an alternative server.
How to Use Shadowsocks on Android and Windows
In this post we will explain in detail but briefly how to use Shadowsocks on Android & PC / Windows.
1. How to Use Shadowsocks on Android
To apply this tutorial the first thing you have to do is create a Shadowsoks account first.
Create a Free Shadowsocks Account
Visit www.tcpvpn.com to create a free Shadowsocks account.
You can choose the country from the Shadowsocks server according to your needs. There are many Shadowsocks server choices there, you can choose one of the servers.
After you determine which server you will use you click “Generate Password“. Our example will be to create a Singapore server Shadowsoks.
Please pay attention to Port Shadowsocks, OBFS HTTP Port, OBFS TLS port, Method and Local Port. Because later we will apply it to the Shadowsoks application.
Check i’m not a robot then click Generate Account.
Your Shadowsocks account has been successfully created.
Download Simple Obfuscation
Download the Simple Obfuscation Plugin on the Play Store and Install it until it’s finished.
Download Shadowsocks Application for Android
Download the Shadowsocks application and install it until it’s finished.
Setting Shadowsocks on Android
Open the Shadowsocks application that you downloaded above then click the + sign in the upper right corner, and then you follow the steps by following the arrows in the image.
Click the sign (+) at the top of the application.
Tap “Manual Settings“.
Enter the Shadowsocks Host, Port, and Password that you created on the www.tcpvpn.com site earlier.
- Profile Name You can fill in anything
- Host Shadowsoks
- Port Shadowsoks
- Password Shadowsoks
- Encrypt Method
- Save.
Scroll down a little and then click the Plugin menu:
Tap Simple Obfuscation Plugin.
In Server Settings, select tls and Obfuscation hostname, fill in the active Bug Host / SNI.
In Obfuscation hostname enter the Bug HOST / SNI Bug is active according to the internet trick you want to use. For example, we use the m.instagram.com Host / SNI Bug.
After finishing the settings, don’t forget to click save.
Connect Shadowsocks on Android
Tap once on the Shadowsocks server profile section then connect.
Tap on the part like the image below to see if your shadowsocks are connected properly. And Shadowsocks is connected properly as shown below:
How to Use Shadowsocks on Android done!
How to Use Shadowsocks on PC / Windows
To use Shadowsocks on PC / Windows, the method is almost the same as using it on Android, especially for creating the Shadowsocks account used.
After you have successfully created a Shadowsocks account on the www.tcpvpn.com site, now we apply it to PC / Windows.
Download Shadowsocks For PC / Computer
Settings Shadowsocks on PC / Windows
After you have successfully created the Shadowsocks account above, now you enter the account into the Shadowsocks PC application and settings.
Open the Shadowsocks application from the OBFS Shadowsocks folder then enter the Shadowsocks Account, Port Shadowsocks, TLS OBFS Port, Method, Local Port and the Password from the Shadowsocks server that you created at www.tcpvpn.com above. Like the picture below.
Open the Shadowsocks application by right clicking “run as admin“.
The ShadowSock application will appear near your PC’s battery icon, then just click once.
Enter the Shadowsocks account that you created from the tcpvpn.com site. Enter Server Addr, Server port, Password Shadowsocks, Encryption, Plugin Program and Plugin Option.
Finally click apply and ok.
For Plugin Option, fill in the format like this:
- obfs=tls;obfs-host=m.instagram.com;obfs-uri=/
m.instagram.com is a Bug Host / SNI, you can change it according to your needs.
Connect Shadowsocks on PC / Windows
The way to connect is you simply right-click on the ShadowSocks application icon near your computer’s battery icon, then point the cursor on the ShadowSocks server and select click “Global“.
The Shadowsocks sign has successfully connected the icon will turn blue.
To confirm again whether Shadowsocks is connected to the internet, you can open the myip.id site to see if your IP address has changed according to the country of the Shadowsocks server you are using.
shadowsocks has successfully connected properly.
Conclusion
Using Shadowsocks aims to change your ip address so you can easily open blocked sites. Apart from that, Shadowsocks can also be used for free internet tricks on Android and on PC / Windows.
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