' Create a new request to the mentioned URL.				
  Dim myWebRequest As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com")
  Dim myProxy As New WebProxy()

  ' Obtain the Proxy Prperty of the  Default browser. 
   myProxy = CType(myWebRequest.Proxy, WebProxy)

  ' Print myProxy address to the console.
  Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "The actual default Proxy settings are {0}", myProxy.Address)

  Try
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Please enter the new Proxy Address to be set ")
      Console.WriteLine("The format of the address should be http://proxyUriAddress:portaddress")
      Console.WriteLine("Example:http://moon.proxy.com:8080")
      Dim proxyAddress As String
      proxyAddress = Console.ReadLine()

      If proxyAddress.Length = 0 Then
          myWebRequest.Proxy = myProxy
      Else
          Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Please enter the Credentials")
          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 new Uri object to the myProxy object.
          myProxy.Address = newUri

          ' Create a NetworkCredential object and is assign to the Credentials property of the Proxy 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 WebResponse = myWebRequest.GetResponse()

      ' Print the  HTML contents of the page to the console.
      Dim streamResponse As Stream = myWebResponse.GetResponseStream()

      Dim streamRead As New StreamReader(streamResponse)
      Dim readBuff(256) As [Char]
      Dim count As Integer = streamRead.Read(readBuff, 0, 256)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "The contents of the Html pages are :")

      While count > 0
          Dim outputData As New [String](readBuff, 0, count)
          Console.Write(outputData)
          count = streamRead.Read(readBuff, 0, 256)

      End While

 ' Close the Stream object.
      streamResponse.Close()
streamRead.Close()

' Release the HttpWebResponse Resource.
  myWebResponse.Close()
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Press any key to continue.........")
      Console.Read()
  Catch e As UriFormatException
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "{0}", e.Message)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "The format of the myProxy address you entered is invalid")
   End Try