Residential proxies for an antidetect browser

Residential, datacenter, and mobile proxies

Datacenter proxies generally use addresses associated with hosting or cloud infrastructure. Residential proxies refer to resources associated with residential broadband addresses. Mobile proxies use a mobile carrier network for their exit. These labels describe a network source or service category, not a protocol you select in the browser.

Providers may use static residential proxy and ISP proxy to describe services offering a relatively stable residential or ISP-associated address. Their deployment and naming can differ. Confirm the address attribution, whether the resource is shared or dedicated, how long the exit is retained, and what happens at expiration. The service name alone does not answer those questions.

HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5 describe how you connect. A residential proxy can use SOCKS5, and a datacenter proxy can use HTTP. Enter the protocol, host, port, and authentication supplied by the provider; do not infer the protocol from the network category.

Static connections and fixed exit IPs

A static residential proxy is commonly chosen when an account needs the same exit over time. Check whether that address remains fixed for the subscription term, survives renewal, and changes during maintenance or failures. The browser saves connection settings; the provider controls address availability and retention.

A fixed host and port can still lead to a rotating exit. Static in the profile's Proxy kind field means you are saving connection details. It does not certify that the provider keeps the final exit unchanged. Record the measured exit, reconnect, and compare results under the conditions you expect to use.

For stores and other persistent logins, keep a clear account-to-profile-to-proxy assignment. The multi-account isolation guide explains how profile separation fits that workflow. If a proxy stops working, investigate the connection before continuing account operations.

Rotating residential proxies and extraction APIs

A rotating residential proxy can change its exit according to requests, connections, or provider session rules. Some services offer a fixed gateway and control the session through credentials or parameters. Others return temporary connection details through an extraction API. Rotating does not necessarily mean a different IP for every request.

Use Static connection details for a provider's gateway, or Extraction for an API URL or configured proxy source. Choose the mode from what the provider delivers. An extraction API endpoint is a way to request a proxy, not the proxy host itself.

A profile can request new proxy details every time it opens or when a reusable proxy stops working. This controls request timing, not the provider's next exit assignment. Verify session duration and expiry before using it for a persistent login. The proxy API integration guide covers source configuration and testing.

Configure a proxy in the client

The configuration process also applies to datacenter and mobile proxies. There is no residential or mobile switch that changes where an IP comes from. Changing a browser fingerprint does not turn a datacenter exit into a residential one. For mobile resources, check whether the exit is shared, retained, or changed after reconnecting.

Save the connection in the proxy library and check it before binding it to a profile. Use a name that identifies its purpose, but rely on the measured exit for location checks. A successful connection at this stage is one observation, not a promise about future availability.

1. Open Proxies and choose New proxy. Enter the provider's protocol, host, port, and any required username and password.
2. Use Check to inspect the exit IP and location. Resolve authentication or connectivity errors before using the connection.
3. Open the profile editor, choose Library under Proxy, and select the saved entry. See the proxy setup guide for the available fields.

Check the service before assigning accounts

Write down the country or region needed for the account and whether its daily work requires a retained exit. Ask the provider about authentication, rotation, expiration, and failure handling. Test with the intended computer and profile, including reopening the profile and changing office networks when those are part of your workflow.

One passing check does not establish that the address, latency, or authentication will remain unchanged. Allowlist-based access deserves particular attention when several team members use different computers. Confirm the exit address from which each machine actually connects.

• Exit IP: compare the gateway address with the measured exit, its region, and the result after reconnecting.
• Authentication: confirm whether access uses credentials or an allowlist and whether each authorized operator can connect.
• Expiration: check renewal behavior for fixed addresses and the lifetime of extracted results.
• Connectivity: verify the required protocol, the client's connection check, and access to the intended website.

Match profile settings to the exit

After assigning the proxy, set Time zone, Language, and Location to Follow IP where appropriate. The exit is checked before the profile opens, and those settings can follow the detected result. When changing a proxy, review any manual settings as well; an old time zone or language may no longer match the intended location.

For WebRTC, choose Proxy only or Disabled according to the website's needs. Use a public check page to inspect the exit and related fingerprint values after configuration. The fingerprint testing guide explains how to interpret those checks. Different sites apply different tests, and a score is not an account outcome guarantee.

Maintain proxy assignments across a team

Record each account's profile, operator, proxy, and intended region. For an account that needs a stable exit, confirm the requirement before changing extraction timing or substituting another connection. After a change, check the actual exit and login state. Follow the rules of the platforms you use.

During a handoff, review both profile settings and proxy authentication. Cloud sync transfers selected profile data, but it cannot add a new computer to a provider's allowlist. Keep the provider, renewal or extraction method, and recent check results in your team's work records so a connection failure can be investigated separately from a login problem.

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