# Basic guide for using Transparent Mode on Windows

**URL:** https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/basic-guide-for-using-transparent-mode-on-windows/1137
**Category:** help
**Created:** [July 14, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/basic-guide-for-using-transparent-mode-on-windows/1137 "2018-07-14T06:05:36Z")
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### Author: ![Dev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dev](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/u/Dev)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/basic-guide-for-using-transparent-mode-on-windows/1137/1 "2018-07-14T06:05:36Z")

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How can I use Transparent Mode on Windows?

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### Author: ![baretomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mitmproxy.org/baretomas/32/347_2.png) [@baretomas](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/u/baretomas)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/basic-guide-for-using-transparent-mode-on-windows/1137/2 "2018-09-19T18:53:46Z")

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Bump?

Can anyone explain?

I’ve tried to start with

mitmweb --mode transparent --listen-port 1080 --web-port 8080 --showhost

it starts fine but internet traffic is basically blocked until I stop mitmweb again.

I see windows.py mentioned a lot in github. Do I need to run that script next to mitmweb?

I just want to capture traffic IN and OUT of my local machine on 80 and 443.

EDIT:

I figured it out by random luck. I forgot to add the --listen-port 1080 to my command line and it started working. pretty obvious when you think about it.

For others. That’s all I did basically, including enabling the portforwading thing mentioned around github on windows transparent proxy issues.

Hope this helps someone.

Thanks for a great tool mitmproxy guys!