Is 54.38.239.248:8080 a proxy? Yes, it was.
54.38.239.248:8080 was a public proxy in the HProxy free proxy pool, exiting from FR on OVH. Across 2,239 checks it answered 5% of the time, and it has since gone dark (last listed 2026-07-27), so it is not a usable proxy right now.
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How HProxy checks 54.38.239.248:8080
54.38.239.248:8080 has been through 2,239 checks on HProxy's list, answering 105 of them. Few addresses in the database carry a record this long.
8 public sources published it
54.38.239.248 appears in 8 of the public proxy sources HProxy tracks. Lists copy from each other constantly, so an address showing up in many of them says a lot about how widely it was republished and very little about whether it ever worked.
Port 8080: HTTP, alternate
Port 8080 is the most common proxy port on the public internet. It is the conventional unprivileged stand-in for port 80, which means a program can open it without administrator rights, and that is exactly why so many proxies, both deliberate and accidental, end up here.
Every check is a real connection
HProxy does not read this address off somebody else's list and pass it on. Each check opens an actual connection to 54.38.239.248:8080 and waits up to 4 seconds for the other end to complete a proxy handshake. Anything that does not answer in that budget counts as a failure and is recorded as one, which is why the percentage on this page moves rather than sitting at a marketing number. The handshake is attempted across HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5, so a proxy is never missed because we guessed the wrong protocol.
2,239 checks, 105 answered
That is 5% of the time, measured since May 14, 2026. Every one of those results, successes and failures alike, is a connection HProxy opened itself.
We are still watching for it to come back
Being archived does not stop the testing. 54.38.239.248:8080 answered before, so it is exactly the kind of address that can return, and the sweep works through the whole database and reaches every address roughly once every 24 hours. Its last check was on August 5, 2026, so the next one is due within a day of that. The moment it answers again it is promoted straight back into the live free proxy list, automatically, with no manual step.
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The record
Everything HProxy holds on 54.38.239.248:8080, and nothing it does not.
- First seen
- May 14, 2026
- Last checked
- August 5, 2026
- Next check due
- within 24 hours
- Checks run
- 2,239
- Times it answered
- 105
- Stopped answering
- July 27, 2026
5%
answered 105 of 2,239 checks
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Where this address sits
Right now our free pool holds 81 other free proxies on OVH, and 315 in France. 54.38.239.248:8080 sits inside that set, so if it is not usable the pages below are where its closest alternatives are.
What HProxy holds on OVH
Open proxies are not spread evenly across the internet. They cluster, because one misconfigured template, one cheap hosting reseller or one leaked image tends to produce hundreds of identical machines on the same network. HProxy tracks 3,083 addresses on AS16276, which is 0.53% of every address in the database and a meaningful pocket of the database. 140 of them are answering right now, so if this particular address is not usable, the network is a reasonable place to look for one that is.
- Answering now5%
- Answered before9%
- Never answered87%
Questions about 54.38.239.248:8080
Is 54.38.239.248:8080 a working proxy?
No, not any more. It was a working public proxy in HProxy's free pool and has since gone dark, last listed 2026-07-27. We still re-test it periodically in case it returns.
Was 54.38.239.248 ever actually a proxy?
Yes. We ran 2,239 checks against it and it answered 105 of them, about 5% of the time, over 2 months on our list.
Where was 54.38.239.248 hosted?
France, OVH (AS16276). It is a datacenter address, not a home connection.
Why keep a page for an address that no longer works?
Because "was this address ever a proxy, and when" is a real question. If you are looking at this IP in a firewall log or an abuse report, the dates and the check counts here are the answer. HProxy's public proxy IP list keeps every address it has ever tracked and carries on re-testing them, so deleting this record would throw all of that away.
How many free proxies are on OVH?
81 other free proxies are live on OVH (AS16276) in our pool right now, alongside 54.38.239.248:8080. Networks that host one open proxy usually host several, which is why the whole AS is worth browsing rather than just this address.
Are there other free proxies in France?
Yes, 315 free proxies are exiting from France in our pool right now, answering in 2511ms at the median. If this address is not usable, that list is the place to look for a working one.
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About this list & IP removal
Every proxy here is aggregated from publicly available sources. We do not scan or collect these IP addresses ourselves: we verify entries that are already public (live status, latency, uptime) and store nothing else about the devices behind them. The list is provided as-is, with no warranty, for lawful use only, on the basis of our legitimate interest in a free, transparent proxy directory (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Never route passwords or sensitive data through a public proxy. If an IP address is yours and you'd like it removed, email legal@hproxy.com and we'll take it down (Art. 21 GDPR). Full details on the report abuse page.