Getting new IP address when selecting "Reconnect [country name]"

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I am frequently prevented from using Google search while connected to my closest PIA server. It doesn't matter how many times I complete the Captchas, it never lets me complete a search. Similarly, I'm sometimes prevented from posting to some forums because of "abuse" from my public-facing IP address.

I assume this is either because of a legitimate high amount of traffic from other users assigned that IP address, or someone is abusing the service.

Sometimes I can reconnect to the same location and I get a new IP address and that fixes the problem. But frequently I am assigned the exact same IP no matter how many times I reconnect. I can switch to other locations, but that comes with a speed penalty, because they are all geographically far away.

Is there any way I can always be assigned a new IP address when reconnecting to the same location?

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Additionally, I can't confirm my email address for this forum, because the confirmation email never arrives in my mailfence inbox, even when I "Click here to resend the confirmation email."

piaabo

Using OpenVPN for example, you can insert the ip address of the server rather than the name address, you can list possible ip address using a command like nslookup xx.privateinternetaccess.com.

If your using the pia client, you could edit the ip address in the region_data file (windows pia/data), i've not tried other devices but their maybe a similar file. This file/address is updated frequently to provide you the best server (speed/load etc), hence you see it changes sometimes on reconnect.

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Should issues persist with Captchas or other messages while connecting with PIA we'd be more than happy to troubleshoot with you. Please reach out to us here at: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/helpdesk/new-ticket  and use in the Subject: ATTN: SMR so we can help you out further.