How to browse with French IP address

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 19, 2009

When you need to change your IP address to a French one you don’t have many alternatives. Most of the hide IP tools available on the market use US servers, providing US IP addresses. Here several ways to get a French IP:

1. Use Web Proxies

Web proxies are very simple to use and you don’t have to install anything. Just visit the proxy, type in the desired URL and press the Go or Submit button. The site will be loaded from the IP of the proxy not from your IP address. The major problem of web proxies is the speed that is quite low.

On Hide-IP-Proxy.info you can find several proxies located on French servers.

2. Manually change your IP using paid or open proxies

Another solution to consider is to manually change your IP. Go to sites that list proxies (e.g. SamAir.ru), find a proxy from France and then change your browser’s settings to use that proxy. Take for example: 89.2.169.141:8000 and configure your browser to use it when you connect to the internet.

If you don’t know how to manually change your IP you should check these posts:

3. Use a software that exposes French IP address

As far as I know, there is no free hide IP that can change your IP address to a French one. But there are paid solutions like Invisible Browsing and IP Privacy. If you are interested in IP Privacy you can benefits from a 50% discount (only during March 2009) exclusively for my readers. Read more here.

To sum up, there are not many options when you need to change your IP address to one from France. The easiest one is by using web proxies, but due performance problems (speed) you may also consider the other options listed above.