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@@ -117,11 +117,21 @@ DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
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your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
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web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
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-<p>To test if it's working, go to
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+<p>To test if it's working, you need to know your normal IP address so you can
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+verify that the address really changes when running Tor.
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+Go to the Start menu, click Run and enter <tt>cmd</tt>.
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+At the command prompt, enter <tt>ipconfig</tt>. If you are behind a NAT/Firewall
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+you can use one of the sites listed below to check which IP you are using.
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+When that is done, start Tor and Privoxy and visit any of the sites again.
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+If everything works, your IP address should have changed.
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+</p>
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+
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+<p>
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<!--<a href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">peertech</a>, -->
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-<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a> or
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+<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a> and
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<a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a>
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-and see what IP and country it says you're coming from.
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+are sites that basically shows your present IP so you can see
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+what address and country you're coming from.
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</p>
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<p>
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Thomas Sjögren