Yes I know I’m defeating the purpose of a VPN by using a static IP that’s solely attached to me, that’s not why I’m using my own.

The issue I’m having is that a good number of sites see these IPs and block or captcha them. My current one is not on any lists and I still have it caught for some sites like Etsy or Lowe’s even.

I’ve been reading that an AWS lightsale instance might work, is this the only option or is it going to have blocks by cloudflare as well.

  • online@programming.devEnglish
    42·
    11 months ago

    I was/am in the same boat, but I quickly gave up for the following reason: Why bust my ass trying to give my business? If Lowes blocks me then f*ck em I’ll take my business to Home Depot. It’s their loss.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      They’re not blocking me though, they’re blocking spam IPs based off blacklists from cheap VPSs that allow spammers to spin up a cheap VPS and go ham for a month. No clue how that’s Lowe’s fault for adopting industry standard IP filters.

  • hottari@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Any reputable VPS will have clean IPs as they usually have strict TOS for customers abusing their network. Choose whichever fits your needs.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      22·
      11 months ago

      Unfortunately this isn’t true, pretty much all of them have most of their IPs on some sort of block list.

  • dog@suppo.fiEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Try Windscribe, they offer residential and datacenter IP’s. I don’t get the point, but it’s your money.

    I erroneously said the IP’s are less shared, but that’s not the case per the page.

    But still, they get past more ip-blocking.

    https://windscribe.com/staticips

    After reading where I’m even posting: Renting a cheap VPS and using Wireguard to tunnel to it is also an option.

    Then it really is only used by you.

    • Man, I’m really not reading today.
    • SupraMario@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Lol you’re good, I’m already renting a VPS and using it. Actually have less blocks than mullvad had. I have to use a VPS because I’m using a LTE router and the plan I’m on, while unlimited runs through an invisible proxy and after 2gbs it’ll drop the connection (it’s an old RV plan) and no option for anything else internet. If you go through a VPN it never slows or disconnects the Internet.

      I’ve used windscribe before, it’s same issue that all vpns have, they get blocked quickly.

      • B0rax@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        If you have a friend with unlimited home internet, maybe you can just install a raspberry pi there and use that as a vpn server?

        • SupraMario@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Unfortunately I don’t know anyone that would be remotely ok with me using their bandwidth.

  • sfcl33t@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    I use lightsail exactly for that purpose. I’ve had my firewall using wireguard connected to lightsail for over 2 years now. Will rarely run into a block or glitched captcha loop but it does happen. I also pay for express VPN as a backup and have that on my phone, and surprisingly that is virtually never blocked. Performance with wireguard / lightsail is more consistent for all day use though

    • SupraMario@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Good to hear it works. I think this will be the route I go, I’m under the 2 TB xfer a month so it should work for the $5 tier.

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    IP Internet Protocol
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

    3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 15 acronyms.

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