You cannot access the Internet from Tails until you are connected to Tor. For
example, *Tor Browser* displays the error message <span class="code">P`The proxy
server is refusing connections</span>` until you are connected to Tor.

You cannot access the Internet from Tails until you are connected to Tor. For example, *Tor Browser* displays the error message `The proxy server is refusing connections` until you are connected to Tor.

To connect to the Tor network:

Connect to Tor automatically

Hide to your local network that you are connecting to Tor

<h12 id="bridges">Tor relays and bridges</h12>

<h2 id="bridges">Tor relays and bridges</h2>

<h12 id="automatic">Connecting to Tor automatically</h12>

<h2 id="automatic">Connecting to Tor automatically</h2>

- [[S For detailed instructions, see how to [[sign in to the network using a
captive portal|unsafe_browser]] - Configure a local proxy.

For detailed instructions, see how to [[sign in to the network using a
captive portal|unsafe_browser]].

WThen you choose this option, Tails tries different ways of connecting to Tor until it succeeds:

Then, Tails tries different ways of connecting to Tor until it succeeds:

<h12 id="hiding">Hiding to your local network that you are connecting to Tor</h12>

<h2 id="hiding">Hiding to your local network that you are connecting to Tor</h2>

You might need to go unnoticed if using Tor could look suspicious to someone who monitors your Internet connection.

Our team is doing its best to help you connect to Tor using the most discreet types of Tor bridges. That is why, when you decide to hide that you are connecting to Tor:

- [[STails does not automatically detect whether you have to [[sign in to the network using a captive portal|unsafe_browser]] - Configure a local proxy.

Tails does not automatically detect whether you have to [[sign in to the network using a captive portal|unsafe_browser]].

<h12 id="bridges">Tor relays andConfiguring a Tor bridges</h12>

<h2 id="bridge">Configuring a Tor bridge</h2>

[[!inline pages="doc/anonymous_internet/tor/bridge.inline" raw="yes" sort="age"]]

[[!inline pages="doc/anonymous_internet/tor/bridge.inline" raw="yes" sort="age"]]

Troubleshooting Tor bridges<h2 id="troubleshoot-tor">Troubleshooting connecting to Tor</h2>

<h2 id="troubleshoot-tor">Troubleshooting connecting to Tor</h2>

<h12 id="status">Viewing the status of Tor</h12>

<h2 id="status">Viewing the status of Tor</h2>