# Web Proxy issue with Skype

**URL:** <https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-issue-with-skype/13872>\
**Category:** Web Proxy, URL Filter & Update Accelerator\
**Created:** [1 April 2025 10:26 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-issue-with-skype/13872 "2025-04-01T10:26:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dirack](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/dirack/32/12815_2.png) [@dirack](https://community.ipfire.org/u/dirack)\
**Post date:** [1 April 2025 10:26 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-issue-with-skype/13872/1 "2025-04-01T10:26:40Z")

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hi everyone, i have a web proxy in pfire. i connected my pc to it and everything seems to work, but when i go to skype my photos are not uploaded and messages are not sent. is there a solution to this problem?

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**Author:** ![arne\_f](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/arne_f/32/12760_2.png) [@arne\_f](https://community.ipfire.org/u/arne_f)\
**Post date:** [1 April 2025 10:52 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-issue-with-skype/13872/2 "2025-04-01T10:52:59Z")

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No Idea. But you should search an alternative for skype because microsoft will disable it in May 2025.

> **[Skype is shutting down after two decades | CNN Business](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/28/tech/skype-microsoft-shutdown/index.html)**
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> Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the internet-based phone and video service that was once the dominant way of staying connected in the mid 2000s.

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**Author:** ![bloater99](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/bloater99/32/15796_2.png) [@bloater99](https://community.ipfire.org/u/bloater99)\
**Post date:** [1 April 2025 14:36 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-issue-with-skype/13872/3 "2025-04-01T14:36:08Z")

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If you disable web proxy, does the functionality return?

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**Author:** ![dirack](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/dirack/32/12815_2.png) [@dirack](https://community.ipfire.org/u/dirack)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2025 08:21 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-issue-with-skype/13872/4 "2025-04-02T08:21:06Z")

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yep, it works when proxy doent work

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**Author:** ![bonnietwin](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/bonnietwin/32/12350_2.png) [@bonnietwin](https://community.ipfire.org/u/bonnietwin)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2025 09:46 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-issue-with-skype/13872/5 "2025-04-02T09:46:59Z")

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What ports do you have your web proxy set up to. Is it just the standard ones as installed or have you edited any of them?

Here is what my standard set covers:-

 ![Screenshot_2025-04-02_11-44-36](https://community.ipfire.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/77de84282fc5e7abc6a2db045798b13ea1065363.png)

These ports cover all the ones used by Skype.

I certainly have Skype working with my web proxy enabled.

Could you show the settings in your web proxy page?

Do you have the logging enabled in it. If yes then you maybe you can see in the logs what is happening when you try and access Skype.

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**Author:** ![dirack](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/dirack/32/12815_2.png) [@dirack](https://community.ipfire.org/u/dirack)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2025 09:49 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/web-proxy-issue-with-skype/13872/6 "2025-04-02T09:49:47Z")

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Thank you sir. Problem is solved