TorGuard plans for remote working

VPN
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Comparing a couple options for a dedicated IP to to help with verifying remote working while overseas.

Anonymous ($11/m)

  • Add On Regular Dedicated IP(extra $8/m)

OR Add On Residential IP (extra $14/m) it also notes “Disclaimer- We can’t guarantee these IP’s will work for any services outside of streaming networks - they are not designed for anything other than streaming or general browsing.”

Whereas the Anonymous Pro plan includes “Free Dedicated IP” in its features for $14/m.

There are also Anonymous Proxy Plans for $15 and up which mention socks5

Can someone more savvy than me help identify which would be best for accessing freelance / micro tasking working sites from abroad?

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I have a VPS I rented out on the internet for $0.99/month. It’s a 1 cpu core, 1gb ram Linux server that hosts some websites for me (special rate for renting it 36 months at a time)… But also, importantly, I can use tools like Bitvise to Ssh into it and use it as a tunnel for my web traffic.

Mind blowing to me how much people will pay for vpns… It’s like 50 people each paying 10x more than they would otherwise need to.

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If you have a home base

Tailscale running on a raspberry pi or spare laptop sitting connected to your home base ethernet. See Exit nodes (route all traffic) · Tailscale Docs

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Well you have no guarantee that the IP won’t eventually get flagged as a VPN. StarVPN offers the same thing and openly tells its customers that they have to recycle IPs to “cleanse” them whenever one gets flagged. And of course you have no control over configuration on the server side, you’re at the mercy of them. So if you can host your own server, that is preferable. As a last resort, maybe it’s fine but I personally wouldn’t use it.

Also, shadowsocks isn’t really necessary if you’re using a travel router. It might help prevent from being blocked by an ISP using DPI to block VPNs at the client side but if they block the port then it’s game over.

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Our standard dedicated IPs should work well for your use case and are unlikely to be blocked, as they are high-quality IPs that aren’t listed on abuse databases. However, if you want to minimize the chance of being flagged as using a VPN, the Residential IP add-on might be the better option. These IPs aren’t identified as VPNs, so they’ll work on all services just as if you’re connecting from your home network. For freelance or micro-tasking sites, both options should provide reliable access, but the Residential IP will offer an extra layer of authenticity if you’re concerned about being flagged.

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Dedicated IP. I have torguard residential and have used both in the past. Either is fine but residential resolves to an ISP

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I’m already abroad and don’t have a laptop currently. Would this be necessary? I have a travel router from the UK

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Is this possible to set up once I’m already abroad? I have a little travel router from the UK

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Thanks I did go with the residential IP—so far so great!

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Can I purchase and use the residential IP add-on on my iPhone? How much all in all?

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On Torguard’s site, I didn’t see the “ residential” option. Is it the 33.99 usd option?

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Not really. How will you connect another GL.iNet router to your home network?

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Glad to hear! Thanks for the support.

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Hey there—Thanks for the advice you shared previously about the dedicated residential IP add-on working well for my remote work. I’m in the process of being onboarded now and my IP was flagged as a vpn during my verification.

I tried accessing via an iPad on airplane mode connected to my home WiFi router with the VPN enabled. I had taken extra steps to reset the iPad with all location services turned off. I also tried on a desktop.

IP lookup services are showing my IP as being in California rather than Virginia. I reached out to TorGuard support, and they explained that geo-databases update inconsistently.

Is there anything else I can try? I’d appreciate any further guidance.

Thanks again for your help!