Question: my code works when i am not using a proxy but i want to use a proxy so that my real IP is not revealed when sending a request. Whenever i try to run my program it gives me an error saying "The remote server returned an error: (417) Expectation Failed." and it is pointing at "response = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)". Is there something wrong with my code? I am really confused right now. Any help will do thanks.

```
            Dim myProxy As New WebProxy("173.234.249.68", 8800)
            Dim request As HttpWebRequest
            Dim response As HttpWebResponse
            Dim tempCookies As New CookieContainer
            request = CType(WebRequest.Create("http://samplewebsite.com"), HttpWebRequest)
            request.Proxy = myProxy
            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
            request.ContentLength = POST.Length
            request.KeepAlive = True
            request.CookieContainer = tempCookies

            response = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
            tempCookies.Add(response.Cookies)
            response.Close()

```

Answer: 
```
<Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("wininet.dll", SetLastError:=True)> _
Private Shared Function InternetSetOption(ByVal hInternet As IntPtr, ByVal dwOption As Integer, ByVal lpBuffer As IntPtr, ByVal lpdwBufferLength As Integer) As Boolean
End Function

Public Structure Struct_INTERNET_PROXY_INFO
    Public dwAccessType As Integer
    Public proxy As IntPtr
    Public proxyBypass As IntPtr
End Structure

Private Sub UseProxy(ByVal strProxy As String)
    Const INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY As Integer = 38
    Const INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY As Integer = 3

    Dim struct_IPI As Struct_INTERNET_PROXY_INFO

    struct_IPI.dwAccessType = INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY
    struct_IPI.proxy = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi(strProxy)
    struct_IPI.proxyBypass = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi("local")

    Dim intptrStruct As IntPtr = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Marshal.SizeOf(struct_IPI))

    Marshal.StructureToPtr(struct_IPI, intptrStruct, True)

    Dim iReturn As Boolean = InternetSetOption(IntPtr.Zero, INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY, intptrStruct, System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.SizeOf(struct_IPI))
End Sub

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Label4.Text = (TextBox1.Text & ":" & TextBox2.Text)

End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
    UseProxy(Label4.Text)
    WebBrowser1.Navigate(TextBox3.Text)
End Sub

```

End Class
```
 Dim myProxy As New WebProxy("173.234.249.68:8800", true)
        Dim request As HttpWebRequest
        Dim response As HttpWebResponse
        Dim tempCookies As New CookieContainer
        request = CType(WebRequest.Create("http://samplewebsite.com"), HttpWebRequest)
        request.Proxy = myProxy
        request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
        request.ContentLength = POST.Length
        request.KeepAlive = True
        request.CookieContainer = tempCookies

        response = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
        tempCookies.Add(response.Cookies)
        response.Close()

```