How to keep the same Syrian IP for logins and sessions
When you sign in to an account or confirm a transaction, it helps if every step comes from the same address. This article explains why, when the address changes with syriaproxy, and how to order your steps so it does not change halfway through.
Why a stable address matters
Many services tie an open session to signals from the connection, and the IP address is one of them. When the address changes suddenly, especially if the country changes with it, some services may ask you to sign in again, send a verification code, or hold the action for review. Services rarely publish these rules in detail, and they differ from one service to the next, so we cannot promise what any particular one will do. For example, you sign in from a Syrian address, the address changes before you type the verification code, and the service may ask you to start over. A stable address removes one common cause of these interruptions.
When the address changes
- Syriatel changes it. The network changes the address about every two hours, as it does for subscribers' phones.
- Your setting changes it. Address type in your account is either Static, which keeps the address until Syriatel changes it, or Rotating, which changes it automatically.
- You change it. Request a new address switches it immediately.
Before a sensitive session
- Choose Static. Open Connect in your account and set Address type to Static.
- Check the address. Open ipinfo.io and look at the address and the network. It should show Syriatel.
- Do the steps in one go. Sign in, complete the verification and make the transfer one after another, right after you connect, instead of spreading them over hours.
- Keep the connection on until you finish. If you turn off the app or the WireGuard tunnel during the session, the device goes back to your normal connection and the service suddenly sees another country.
Verification codes sent by SMS still go to your phone number as usual. A Syrian IP changes nothing about SMS or roaming.
When to use Request a new address
Use it when a site refuses the current address or the connection is unusually slow, and press it before you start a session, not after. Do not press it while signing in, after a verification code has been sent, or in the middle of a transfer, because the next step will come from a different address. After pressing it, expect some services to ask you to sign in again.
Several sessions through the proxy
With the proxy, your main username also follows Address type. If you need several separate sessions at once, the Proxy generator gives you ready-made lines, and with Static you choose a hold time from 10 to 120 minutes. Pick a hold time longer than the session you plan, and give each session one line that it keeps using. Setting this up in software is covered in Syrian proxy for developers.
Do not switch method or device mid-session
If you start signing in from the browser with the extension, finish in the same browser. Moving to your phone or to another app halfway through may put you on a different address, and many services also treat a new device differently. Finish where you started, then switch if you like.
Static, but not yours alone
The address you exit from is a shared mobile address (CGNAT), used by other Syriatel subscribers at the same time. Static means it does not change for its duration, not that it is reserved for you. So do not rely on it in an IP allow-list for your server or an account: other people exit from it too, and it will change after a while. How it differs from server addresses is explained in Syrian mobile IP vs data center IP.
Questions
The connection dropped during a transfer. Should I send it again?
Not straight away. Open the transaction history in the app first. The first transfer may have gone through before the drop, and repeating it would mean paying twice.
A service asked me to sign in again even though the address is Static. Why?
Compare your current address with the one you saw before you started; the network may have changed it without you noticing. If it is the same, the service has other reasons it does not publish, such as its own session expiry. Sign in normally and carry on.
What if my balance runs out during the session?
The connection stops until you top up, so the session stops halfway. Before an important session, take a look at your balance in the account.
For ShamCash from abroad step by step, see ShamCash outside Syria. For keeping your accounts safe in general, see Wallet safety with a proxy.
Create your account and set Address type to Static before your next session.