The essential points from this guide -- each one is explained in detail below.
Static proxies maintain the same IP across sessions for identity persistence.
Rotating proxies cycle through IPs per request for maximum stealth.
Use static for account management; rotating for scraping and data collection.
Sticky sessions offer a middle ground: temporary persistence before rotation.
A static proxy assigns you a single IP address that stays the same until you explicitly change it. Every request you send goes through that same IP. This is essential for tasks that require a consistent identity: managing social media accounts, running e-commerce sessions, or accessing services that flag IP changes as suspicious activity.
Rotating proxies automatically assign a different IP from the provider's pool for each request (or at configurable intervals). When you send 1,000 requests, each one appears to come from a different user in a different location. This IP diversity prevents pattern detection and rate limiting, making rotation essential for large-scale scraping.
Sticky sessions let you keep the same IP for a configurable duration (1 minute, 10 minutes, 30 minutes) before rotating. This is useful for multi-page flows like paginating through search results or completing checkout flows where mid-session IP changes would break the interaction. KnoxProxy supports sticky sessions from 1 to 60 minutes on residential proxies.
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