Here is an example Windows shortcut you can create to launch the Brave Browser (or any Chromium base browser for that matter) to use a Diode Tunnel:
- Create a shortcut to your Brave browser on the desktop
- Add arguments to the shortcut’s “Target” field to launch as connected via a Diode tunnel
You will need to define the argument --proxy-server= to point to a localhost port where Diode Collab is running an open port. Currently, for all Diode Collab instances, port 57861 will be available and will exit in Fremont, CA:
At the end of the day, the “Target” field might look something like this:
"C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --proxy-server="socks5://localhost:57861" https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ip
If you want to create a shortcut to tunnel to different environments, this will be difficult because Diode Collab opens tunnels on different ephemeral ports pretty randomly. Diode Collab v.1.13.7 makes it much easier to access tunneled browsing by putting the last five tunneled sessions in the tray icon drop-down menu. This reduces clicks to two in order to access your frequently used browsing tunnels.