Quite the problem: Mask or change my IP totally without VPN

    • 100 posts
    October 8, 2025 7:41 AM EDT

    Hello.
    I've run into quite the problem. To give you some background, I am an active gamer. I play a specific game and it has made be what I am today. Unfortunately, this game community has some very evil people in it. I'm going to make a long story short and make this simple.
    I can't them detect my homes real IP when playing
    Of course, I've used VPN's. The problem is though these VPN's seem to be hiccupping, and they can see my IP still. I'm guessing that the VPN is turning off for even a millisecond when browsing their community forums and it is auto detected by their system.
    I've tried 2 different VPN's, and after a few months a hiccup seems to happen in these VPN systems when using them and they detect the IP address.
    I can't let them do that again.

    Now, I have done some research in proxy servers and that might be a way to do this, but I have never set one up. Wondering if that could be a way?
    Or is there something else I can do?
    I have lots of money, so I can spend money on equipment if needed.

    Solutions I've tried but do not work:

    1. Using my cellular hotspot. Very slow, unable to play the game off of it. It also assigns you an IP randomly. I need the IP I am given to mask mine to be STATIC so it is CONSISTANT. Cellular hotspots do not do that from my experience, but perhaps there is a way to do that I do not know of.
    2. Attempting to change my IP on my modem. We have comcast, and they do not let us change our IP unless you contact their support and they do it on their end. Resetting modem does not change IP. It is my landlords modem, and I doubt he would give me access to contact Comcast on his behalf to change IP's.

     

    What about a cloud pc?
    So I'd just be controlling a PC remotely but that PC is far away from me. Is that a thing for gaming systems? Like renting one?
    Or perhaps having a virtual machine on my PC, and configure it to only route traffic through a VPN

    • 89 posts
    October 9, 2025 6:12 AM EDT

    Is a proxy a better option?

  • October 9, 2025 6:13 AM EDT

    If you want to mask or change your IP totally without using a VPN there are a few options but each has trade-offs. One solid route is using a rotating residential proxy. These use real home ISP IPs and rotate through them, which makes them much less likely to be flagged compared to typical datacenter proxies.

    With a rotating residential proxy you can switch IPs every request or session so it becomes harder for sites to track or throttle you just based on an IP. Just watch out though for performance depending on distance and latency.

    If you want I can help you pick a provider or show how to configure one so the IP changes happen behind the scenes without messing with your apps or browser setup.