How access is judged
Why AI tools are pickier about routes
A regular website only has to load. AI tools check three more things: which region the exit IP sits in, how that IP range is rated by risk controls, and whether the connection can stay up for a long time.
Region checks
Servers judge availability by where the request exits, not where your device is. If the exit lands in an unsupported region, the page usually says the service is unavailable in your region, or simply never shows a login option. The first thing to check when picking a route is that its exit sits in a region the tool supports.
IP range risk scoring
Risk systems separate residential networks from data-centre networks; exits that are heavily shared and reused are more likely to trigger CAPTCHAs or extra login confirmation. Dedicated routes with a relatively fixed exit and a controlled number of users trigger this less often than public exits. Risk policies are set by the tool provider and change over time, so no route can guarantee you will never see a verification step.
Long connections and streaming
Chat tools push replies to the browser in chunks over a single long-lived connection. When that connection drops, the answer stops mid-sentence and you have to send the prompt again. That is why jitter matters more than the latency number: a route with a slightly higher ping but a steady link beats a low-ping route that stutters.
Bandwidth and latency
Plain text chat does not need much bandwidth — a round trip is usually a few hundred KB. What really uses bandwidth is image generation, document uploads and code repository indexing: these produce large uploads in a short window, so pick a plan by your actual usage tier rather than by latency alone.
Tool by tool
The six AI tools and their access rules
Below, each tool is listed with its own network requirements and the pitfalls that come up most. The decision policies belong to each provider; what follows are the general patterns you can verify yourself.
ChatGPT
- The exit needs to sit in a supported region; keeping the account's signup region and your everyday exit region the same reduces extra checks at login.
- Web chat uses streaming responses, so route jitter shows up directly as an answer that stops mid-sentence.
- The API is a plain HTTPS request, and failures return explicit status codes, which makes retries easy to script.
- If login keeps asking you to verify, first check whether you have been switching exit regions a lot in the past few days.
Claude
- Sensitive to consistency between the exit region and the region where the account is used; switching countries often tends to trigger re-verification.
- Supports document uploads and long-context sessions; the upload stage uses upstream bandwidth, an order of magnitude above plain text chat.
- Sessions stay open for a long time, so a mid-session hiccup on the route breaks the answer being generated.
Gemini
- Tied to the Google account system, so the login state is shared with other Google services and changes in exit region affect how it is judged.
- Keep the exit in one country or region; avoid switching back and forth within the same day.
- The API needs a separate key, with permissions tied to the same account as the web app.
GitHub Copilot
- Permissions run through the GitHub account, and the plugin keeps a long-lived connection to GitHub's servers from inside the editor.
- When a corporate network only allows a subset of domains, completion requests time out; the relevant domains need to be added to the allowlist.
- CI environments have no browser login, so proxy settings are passed in through environment variables or a config file.
Midjourney
- The main entry point is Discord, and the message channel is more sensitive to packet loss than chat-style tools.
- Image generation and upscaling are the downstream peaks; when bandwidth is short, the progress bar simply sits there.
- Queue times are decided by the provider's job queue, not by your route.
Cursor
- Built on an editor core; completions and chat requests use streaming HTTPS, and a dropped connection shows up as completions that never appear.
- The first index of a large code repository generates a lot of upstream traffic, so run it when the network is quiet.
- Indexing can take a short or long time, depending on both repository size and route bandwidth.
Comparison table
Tool × route comparison table
Different tools in the same family have different needs. The table below maps exit requirements to route types; route type definitions are on the routes page.
| Tool | Exit IP requirement | Recommended route type | Main concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Exit in a supported region; keep the same exit where possible | IEPL dedicated / relay | Long-connection stability; avoid changing exits at login |
| Claude | Exit region matches the region where the account is used | IEPL dedicated | Document uploads use upstream bandwidth |
| Gemini | Exit fixed to a single country or region | IEPL dedicated / relay | Tied to the Google account login state |
| GitHub Copilot | Stable access to GitHub servers | Relay / direct | Editor long connection; corporate domain allowlisting |
| Midjourney | Exit can reach Discord reliably | Relay / IEPL dedicated | Packet loss; downstream bandwidth during image generation |
| Cursor | Stable exit with streaming support | Relay / direct | Upstream bandwidth during repository indexing |
Route types in short: IEPL dedicated is a point-to-point link with a fixed exit, best for chat and document work where stability matters most; relay forwards through an intermediate node and suits everyday use; direct adds no extra forwarding, so performance depends on the real path from your local network to the destination. The routes page has the full list grouped by region, plus streaming support notes.
Account side
What to watch at signup and login
Account checks and routes are two separate things, but they affect each other — handle them in the wrong order and you will keep triggering verification.
Provider account
Region consistency first
Providers record the account's signup region, usual login region and payment region. Keeping your everyday login exit in the same region you signed up in saves more trouble than switching to a "faster" route each time.
Do not switch exit countries frequently in a short window. Some tools treat rapid region changes as a risk signal on their own, even when every individual route is fine.
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- Unlimited devices: desktop and mobile can be online at the same time, and using the same exit region across devices on one account is more stable.
- If verification appears at login, do not retry in a loop. First confirm the current exit region matches your account region, then switch to another route in the same region.
- If one device works and another keeps getting verified, check whether the two devices are exiting through different routes before suspecting the account.
Two ways to use it
Web app vs API calls: the differences
On the same route, the two ways of using a tool fail differently and are diagnosed differently.
Browser · manual use
Web app
Depends on the browser session and cookies; the login state is tied to the exit region. Chat content comes back in streamed chunks, so a dropped connection is visible right on the page.
CAPTCHAs, region notices and extra login confirmation all happen at this layer. When picking a route, stability comes first — high or low latency matters less to the experience.
Script · server side
API calls
The API is a plain HTTPS request with credentials in the headers, independent of any browser login state. Failures usually return explicit status codes, so scripts can retry or slow down accordingly.
Callers usually run on a server or in CI, where the exit is decided by that network; data-centre IPs trigger risk controls more often than home networks. Concurrency and rate limits are enforced separately, and that has nothing to do with route quality.
Setup points
Developer setups: CLI, IDE plugins and CI
Work through these four steps in order and most "cannot connect" problems can be pinned down on your own.
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CLI tools
Most command-line programs read the
HTTPS_PROXYandHTTP_PROXYenvironment variables, so point them at the local port of your client. Add your internal addresses toNO_PROXYat the same time so local requests are not routed the long way round. -
IDE plugins
Enter the proxy address separately in the plugin settings; if the plugin follows the system proxy, confirm the system proxy is actually in effect first. Completion plugins need a very stable connection — a drop shows up as completions that never appear or a spinner that keeps turning.
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CI pipelines
Credentials are injected through repository secrets, never written into config files. Pass the proxy address through environment variables as well. CI exits are usually data-centre IPs, so run AI API jobs separately from deployment jobs to make failures easier to trace.
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Local check
Confirm the exit is working with a command such as
curlbefore starting the program that needs the AI service — it saves half the troubleshooting time.
Troubleshooting
Common failures and what causes them
Start with the symptom, then the cause, then the fix. Most problems come down to route choice; a few come from the account or from provider rate limits.
Page says the service is unavailable in your region
The exit IP is registered outside the regions the tool supports. Switch to a route whose exit is in a supported region, refresh and try again; if the message persists, check whether the browser cached the earlier verdict.
Login keeps asking for CAPTCHA verification
The exit IP range has been flagged as high risk, or the exit region changed too often in a short time. Stay on one route and one exit region, wait a while, then try again — do not retry in a loop.
Answer stops halfway through
The long-lived connection dropped. Check whether the route is jittery and move to a dedicated route; if it only happens at certain hours, it is most likely evening-peak congestion, and shifting your schedule helps too.
API returns 429
A rate limit was triggered — that is the provider's throttling policy, not route quality. Lower concurrency and slow the request pace to recover.
File upload progress gets stuck
Not enough upstream bandwidth, or packet loss. Switch to a route with more bandwidth, or compress the file before uploading.
Plugin keeps spinning, no completions appear
The plugin is not going through the proxy, or the corporate network has not allowlisted the relevant domains. Check the plugin's proxy settings and the network allowlist policy.
CLI tool reports a connection timeout
The environment variables are not taking effect, or NO_PROXY is excluding the target domain. Verify the exit with curl first, then look at the program's own proxy configuration.
How to choose
Route recommendations
Four cases by usage intensity — find the one that matches you.
Light · text chat
Mostly conversation
Go with a dedicated route first: fixed exit, stable long connections, and no great bandwidth demand. The ¥9.9 monthly plan includes 60GB, which is enough for everyday chat.
Medium · images and documents
Images and documents too
Upstream traffic rises noticeably; pick the ¥18 250GB tier or the ¥28 500GB tier so you do not run out mid-month.
Flexible · usage varies
Short bursts of heavy use
Data packs last until used up and never expire: ¥158/300GB, ¥358/1000GB and ¥658/3000GB, well suited to intensive use during a project.
Development · frequent small requests
Completions and API
Completions and API calls are frequent small requests, so stability is the priority; repository indexing is a one-off burst of heavy traffic, so keep it away from your everyday usage hours.
FAQ
Common questions about AI tool access
Will using this service's routes to reach AI tools trigger more verification?
Verification is decided by each provider's risk policy, and no route can guarantee it will never happen. Routes with a relatively fixed exit and a controlled number of users see fewer extra checks caused by "the exit keeps changing" than heavily shared public exits.
Can the web app and the API share one route?
Yes. Both only care about the exit region and connection stability; the difference is how they fail — a dropped web session is visible, while the API returns a status code that scripts can handle.
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