VLESS on a Stateside Line: Your Whole Laptop Through a US Phone

Stateside Proxies lines on server-based hardware have, beside their proxy details, something called a VLESS link. Most marketers have never heard of VLESS and do not need to; what matters is what it does. Import the link into a small free app and your whole laptop or phone, every browser and every app on it, leaves the internet through the US carrier line as if the device were a phone in that metro. No per-browser settings, no profile tools, one switch. This guide says when that is the right approach, which app to install on each kind of device, the four steps to set it up, and how to confirm it worked.

When to use the link instead of the proxy details

Use the proxy details when one browser or one profile should be in the US and the rest of your machine should stay local, which is the usual case for verification teams running several markets. Use the VLESS link, where the line is server-based, when a whole device should be in the US: a test phone for in-app placements, a laptop handed to a colleague who should not have to configure anything, a QA device that must behave like an American phone in every app, or a network that blocks ordinary proxy connections but allows normal web traffic.

Which app to install

The link works with any app from the Xray family, all free. The common choices: v2rayN on Windows, Hiddify on Mac and on Android, Shadowrocket on iPhone and iPad. Hiddify also runs on Windows and Linux and has the simplest interface for non-technical users. A small office can even put the link on a router running OpenWrt so every device on the Wi-Fi uses the line, though that is a job for whoever manages the router.

Only lines on server-based hardware have a VLESS link. If the line's card does not show one, use the host, port and login with a profile browser instead, or ask support which metros have a server-based line free today. If a colleague needs the setup repeated, send them this page rather than the link itself, and let them copy the link from the dashboard under their own login.

• Windows: v2rayN, or Hiddify for the simplest interface.
• Mac and Linux: Hiddify.
• Android: Hiddify or v2rayNG.
• iPhone and iPad: Shadowrocket.
• Whole office: an Xray or sing-box client on an OpenWrt router.

Four steps

The link contains every setting the app needs, so there is nothing to type.

1. Open the line at base.statesideproxies.com and press Copy next to VLESS.
2. Open the app, choose Import from clipboard, and the line appears as a server.
3. Select it and connect.
4. Open any browser on the device, load an IP lookup page, and confirm the organisation is the carrier and the location is the metro or its state.

What to expect once connected

Every app on the device now reaches the internet from the US metro. Sites show the US version, prices in dollars, the consent notice for that state, and the ads for that market. Your own distance to the United States adds a little delay to every page, which is the price of being somewhere else; the line itself runs at 4G or 5G speed in its metro. Most apps let you route only certain apps through the line and leave the rest local, which keeps video calls and local services fast.

Rotation, moves and keeping the link safe

Changing the line's address from the dashboard does not change the link; the app reconnects on its own within seconds. A free move to another metro usually keeps the link too; if the dashboard shows a new one, copy it again. Anyone holding the link can use the line, so do not paste it into group chats. If it may have leaked, reissue it from the dashboard and the old one stops at once.

If something does not work

If the app will not connect, check that the laptop's clock is correct, since a wrong system time stops the tunnel from starting. If it connects but pages do not load, turn off any other VPN on the device, because two tunnels at once get in each other's way. If the link has stopped working altogether, copy it again from the dashboard, in case someone on your team reissued it. And if your line's card has no VLESS row at all, the line is not on server-based hardware; use the host, port and login instead.

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