For most daily gaming on your home Wi-Fi, you’ll never need to touch proxy settings on your Nintendo Switch 2. But when you’re traveling, staying in a hotel, living in a dorm, or using a restricted office network, a proxy can be the difference between playing your favorite games online and being locked out entirely….

You followed the setup guide perfectly, entered all your proxy details correctly, and ran the connection test – but something’s wrong. Maybe the test fails immediately, maybe it passes but you can’t access the eShop, or maybe you’re getting constant lag and disconnects mid-game. Proxy issues on the Nintendo Switch are frustrating, but almost all…