Basic Usage

There are three ways to use GPass: automatic mode, easy web, and advanced proxy mode. These are explained here and in Advanced Usage. Automatic mode is the most recommended. Easy web is for quick surfing of simple websites. Advanced proxy mode is for special applications that do not run well in automatic mode.

Using GPass in automatic mode

• Start GPass

You can start GPass just like starting any normal Windows application, from the Program menu, or by double clicking its icon. Now you should see the GPass main window on your desktop, and the GPass tray icon on your task bar (besides the Windows clock).  Normally, the GPass tray icon should be green, and the Status displayed at the bottom of the GPass window should read Servers found, indicating GPass is ready to use. If not, check your firewall settings or try again later.  

• Prepare the application list

The main part of the GPass window is the application list which include applications that you want to run through GPass. When GPass is used for the first time, it should already have Internet Explorer and your default browser (if it is not Internet Explorer) included in its application list. To add more applications, you can simply drag-drop them onto the GPass window, or click the Add button to browse your computer to find and add them.

• Start applications

To start an application, double click its icon inside the GPass window, or select it first, press the Start button. You can start multiple applications in GPass.  

• Work online

Congratulations! Now you are ready to use your favorite online applications just like before, but with peace of mind. When you start applications inside GPass, their network traffic is automatically routed through GPass. You can close the GPass window at this point, and when you need it later, you can display it through the GPass tray icon.

• Stop applications

After you are done with your online work, close the applications started from GPass just like you normally do.

• Stop GPass

Right click the GPass tray icon, and choose the Exit menu to terminate GPass.

Notes

• Applications started in GPass has [via GPass] in their window title.

• If GPass cannot find usable tunnels for the moment, its tray icon would turn grey, and the application started from GPass would appear disconnected from the Internet.

• When you close the GPass window, GPass is not terminated and you can still see its tray icon in the Windows task bar. You can double click on the icon to bring back the GPass window, or right click it to bring up the GPass menu, which includes Options, Help, and Exit.

• You can set (through the Options menu) your default browser to launch automatically when GPass starts.

• GPass detects the default language you are using on your computer, and use your language for its menus and help pages.

• You can also instruct GPass to perform some cleanup tasks on exit, such as clearing your Internet Explorer cache and history.

Easy web

• Easy web is a web interface of GPass, in which you type the URL of the website you want to visit securely into a URL input box, similar to the interface you may find in some anonymous surfing websites. It uses the CGI-proxy of GPass. Compared with the normal operation mode described above, it has less support for javascript and dynamic web pages, and sometimes has problems displaying sophisticated websites.