# Direct access to localhost & LAN addresses

**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/direct-access-to-localhost-lan-addresses/20987
**Category:** Tor Browser Feedback
**Tags:** tor-browser
**Created:** [December 21, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/direct-access-to-localhost-lan-addresses/20987 "2025-12-21T05:57:23Z")
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### Author: ![Noino](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ed655f/32.png) [@Noino](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Noino)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/direct-access-to-localhost-lan-addresses/20987/1 "2025-12-21T05:57:23Z")

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I use Tor Browser as my main/sole Browser. Sometimes I need to connect to locally hosted services without going through Tor (e.g. a locally hosted web server, or SearXNG instance). Sometimes I need to connect to a LAN address without going through Tor (e.g. my router’s web interface).

Right now, in order to directly access (i.e. not through Tor) either, it is necessary to open `about:config` and add an IP address/range to the `network.proxy.no_proxies_on` preference. I have mine set to “127.0.0.1,192.168.1.1” for the above usage.

In Firefox, proxy exceptions can be set in Settings under General/Network Connection. This uses the above `about:config` preference under the hood. Additionally, IPv4 & IpV6 loopback addresses to localhost are never proxied - see this partial screenshot from FF 140.6.0esr:

 ![no_proxy_for](https://forum.torproject.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/06752bce1ace81d942f7e6b82f969268d8a974cb.png)

Two points:

1. Could Tor Browser not avoid routing traffic through loopback localhost addresses by default?
2. Could access to `network.proxy.no_proxies_on` not be made available somewhere in Settings (with appropriate security caveats)?