How to check IP before connecting to TOR

[danutzzzzz]

Hi,

If i try to access any website before connecting to TOR, it closes the browser and takes me back to the "Connect to TOR" page, how can i get around this so i can check my public IP before connecting to TOR?

[davidnewcomb]

The Tor browser is set up so that you can only send traffic over the tor network. This is a proxy and if you want to bypass it, you can. See mozilla.cfg.template#L7 for an example of how to do this.

I would be very careful about opennig up any kind of DNS ports to give yourself the albility to "access any website".