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To avoid double Network Address Translation (NAT) issues, you'll have to enable bridge mode on your secondary router. It disables routing capabilities, so a more powerful primary device can handle network management. Figuring out bridge mode is an essential step for taking back control of your network traffic.

Double NAT happens when you have two routers connected in a chain, and both are trying to manage network traffic and assign private IP addresses. It usually pops up when you plug a new Wi-Fi router into the ISP-provided modem that already has its own routing smarts.

Key takeaways:

A residential proxy is a type of intermediary server that uses household IP addresses to mask your identity online. Unlike other similar servers that use cloud-hosted IPs, this proxy employs IP addresses that are assigned to physical devices in different residential areas by Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

When you send a request online while using this proxy, your request comes from one of the residential IP addresses assigned to a particular device owned by an actual person.

It seems like the request was sent from that device because your traffic is routed through a residential proxy as a middleman that uses this IP address.

Traffic becomes significantly less susceptible to tracking or figuring out your identity, which makes your web activities not linked to your physical location or other private data.

Staying private online is getting harder every day, and many people want to know what a Tor browser is and how it keeps them hidden. We’ll explain how the tool works and why it's a popular choice for privacy in 2026.