# ProxyLane

> Practical guides for your first residential proxy request and the workflows that follow.

- [Your first proxy request starts here](https://docs.proxylane.dev/introduction.md): Choose a location, connect your tool, and check your first residential proxy request.
- [Make your first connection](https://docs.proxylane.dev/quickstart.md): Four steps from your dashboard to a request from your own tool.
- [Understand the basics](https://docs.proxylane.dev/proxy-basics.md): Learn the few proxy terms you need to make and check your first connection.
- [Choose connection settings](https://docs.proxylane.dev/connection-settings.md): Match your protocol and location to the task, then generate the details your tool needs.
- [Choose how your IP changes](https://docs.proxylane.dev/rotating-and-sticky.md): Decide when your requests should change IP and when to request a continuous session.
- [Connect your tool](https://docs.proxylane.dev/connect-your-tool.md): Use the generated example or enter your proxy details into an existing application.
- [Manage traffic and payments](https://docs.proxylane.dev/traffic-and-payments.md): Choose a package, check your order, and distinguish payment from traffic activation.
- [Fix a connection problem](https://docs.proxylane.dev/troubleshooting.md): Find the failing step before changing your setup or paying again.
- [Get help with your setup](https://docs.proxylane.dev/support.md): Send the details needed to investigate a connection, payment or setup question.