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PROXY FUNDAMENTALS

Rotation, static sessions, and TTL

Premium residential proxies support two session types:

  • Rotate IP.
  • Static IP.

Rotating

In Rotate IP mode, the exit IP address changes on every request.
The connection details remain the same. The user connects using the same proxy string, while ProxyWing provides a different exit IP for every new request.

Static session without TTL

When Static IP is selected without specifying TTL, the system selects a random IP address and tries to keep it within the session.

Static session with TTL

TTL (Time to live), the proxy lifetime, defines the desired retention time for one exit IP address.

The system tries to keep the selected IP for the specified TTL. The maximum TTL for Premium residential proxies is 7 days.

You can select:

  • seconds - up to 59 seconds.
  • minutes - up to 59 minutes.
  • hours - up to 23 hours.
  • days - up to 7 days.

How to specify TTL

  1. Select the Static IP session type.
Premium generator with the Session field set to Static IP (highlighted), Credential count 0 and the Edit TTL button highlighted in the bottom button row
  1. Click Edit TTL.
Change proxy life time dialog: the unit field set to Seconds, an empty TTL field and the Save changes button
  1. Select the time unit.
  2. Enter the TTL value.
  3. Click Save Changes.
  4. Generate new connection details.

TTL is encoded in the password when proxies are generated. If you change TTL after the details have already been generated, the old connection details will not change. To apply the new TTL, generate the proxies again and use the updated connection details.

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