' Create a new request to the mentioned URL.				
Dim myWebRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create("http://www.microsoft.com"), HttpWebRequest)

      ' Obtain the 'Proxy' of the  Default browser.  
      Dim proxy as IWebProxy = CType(myWebRequest.Proxy, IWebProxy)
      ' Print the Proxy Url to the console.
If Not proxy Is Nothing Then
    Console.WriteLine("Proxy: {0}", proxy.GetProxy(myWebRequest.RequestUri))
Else
    Console.WriteLine("Proxy is null; no proxy will be used")
End If

Dim myProxy As New WebProxy()

Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Please enter the new Proxy Address that is to be set ")
Console.WriteLine("(Example:http://myproxy.example.com:port)")
Dim proxyAddress As String
Try
    proxyAddress = Console.ReadLine()
    If proxyAddress.Length = 0 Then
        myWebRequest.Proxy = myProxy
    Else
        Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Please enter the Credentials (may not be needed)")
        Console.WriteLine("Username:")
        Dim username As String
        username = Console.ReadLine()
        Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Password:")
        Dim password As String
        password = Console.ReadLine()
        ' Create a new Uri object.
        Dim newUri As New Uri(proxyAddress)
        ' Associate the newUri object to 'myProxy' object so that new myProxy settings can be set.
        myProxy.Address = newUri
        ' Create a NetworkCredential object and associate it with the Proxy property of request object.
        myProxy.Credentials = New NetworkCredential(username, password)
        myWebRequest.Proxy = myProxy
    End If
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "The Address of the  new Proxy settings are {0}", myProxy.Address)
    Dim myWebResponse As HttpWebResponse = CType(myWebRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)