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# How to Get Started using Plain Proxies Residential Proxies

A Guide on how to set up PlainProxies Residential IPv6 Proxies

**Generating your Proxy**

Once successfully purchased your first plan, it's time to generate the proxy for your needs.

Using the proxy generator seen below you can select the following options:  

* Proxy Geolocation (Country, City)
    
* Proxy Protocol (Http/s, Socks5)
    
* Proxy Type (Rotating, Sticky)
    
* Proxy Format (IP:Port:User:Pass, User:Pass@IP:Port)

[![](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/585835144/04808b93ac3c993637d44267/proxy-generator.png?expires=1740204000&signature=8b3dfb36017be5ef4c560ef4ede909acda3f45b6315c873a57c4b25610dc3203&req=cSgiHsp7nIVbFb4V1XW4gbk6CDjKrfU5KFYisEsFUEKW7IGpzZ09wxyWRH32%0AAjjeTh0EsuPQ%2BhuPVcnuSSsHRg%3D%3D%0A)](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/585835144/04808b93ac3c993637d44267/proxy-generator.png?expires=1740204000&signature=8b3dfb36017be5ef4c560ef4ede909acda3f45b6315c873a57c4b25610dc3203&req=cSgiHsp7nIVbFb4V1XW4gbk6CDjKrfU5KFYisEsFUEKW7IGpzZ09wxyWRH32%0AAjjeTh0EsuPQ%2BhuPVcnuSSsHRg%3D%3D%0A)

## Selecting Proxy Geolocation

Selecting the right geolocation can be crucial when scraping certain targets. Some websites enforce a geoblocking policy, only allowing IPs from certain geographical locations to access their content.

Choosing a geolocation close to your operating machine can also speed up your scraping operation, lowering ping to connect to the proxy.  


To view a list of geolocations that are available for PlainProxies IPv6 Residential Proxies [click here](https://plainproxies.com/residential-ipv6/locations).

## Selecting Proxy Protocol

Selecting the right proxy protocol is usually simple. If you want to scrape web content via http requests, then you need to select Http/s as your desired proxy protocol.

Socks5 is only needed in cases where you want to use a lower layer of network communication.

“SOCKS is an Internet protocol that exchanges network packets between a client and server through a proxy server. [...] Practically, a SOCKS server proxies TCP connections to an arbitrary IP address, and provides a means for UDP packets to be forwarded.” ( [Socks5 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOCKS))

## Selecting Proxy Type

Unlike a normal static proxy, a rotating proxy is rotating it's outgoing IP on every request.

The number one reason to use a rotating setup is to **avoid rate limiting**.

PlainProxies static sessions can be customized to perfectly fit your scraping needs, keeping the same IP for a certain amount of time.

[![](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/585835262/32716fd1d9eeab4c8d628ab0/sticky-options.png?expires=1740204000&signature=ceff8888f2ac516e2fbf531454477407e0876633764c77550b3cfddb7d056287&req=cSgiHsp7n4ddFb4V1XW4gc6xyFqoJPRYD%2F7epcbFplxbfJtwj%2FgmVhdrUFTr%0A%2FXVp3AIgXxzQffXBABkuxfBa6g%3D%3D%0A)](https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/585835262/32716fd1d9eeab4c8d628ab0/sticky-options.png?expires=1740204000&signature=ceff8888f2ac516e2fbf531454477407e0876633764c77550b3cfddb7d056287&req=cSgiHsp7n4ddFb4V1XW4gc6xyFqoJPRYD%2F7epcbFplxbfJtwj%2FgmVhdrUFTr%0A%2FXVp3AIgXxzQffXBABkuxfBa6g%3D%3D%0A)

As seen above when selecting Sticky Proxy Type there will be additional options popping up.

* Session Lifetime
    
* Session Timespan
    
* Proxy Amount

**Session Lifetime** and **Session Timespan** combined will define the time that the proxy generated will keep the same **outgoing IP**.

Additionally for static sessions you are able to generate a custom **amount of proxies**. All of these sessions will correspond to an **outgoing IP**. Once the lifetime (e.g. 1 minute) is over, the outgoing IP will **change**.