Arion behaving very weirdly!

[confused_user 0]

Hi,

Arion is showing exit IP 89.238.150.43, this should be a UK server but is showing as in Romania via whatismyipaddress.com and iplocation.net.

The location issue is not a concern to me but possibly part of something very strange.

I use DataImpulse to utilise thousand of UK residential IP's for a web scraping project.

My router uses Arion for all WAN traffic and my NodeJS script makes a https proxy request to DataImpule via AirVPN.

When connected to Arion all requests to DataImpule are handled, in that I get the expected data back, but they are ALL Russian IP addresses. Incidentally these responses are not logged/billed via DataImpulse.

If I use Scuti to do the same, DataImpule receives and handled my request as expected, with the expected IP and cost!

It is as if requests made via Arion are getting interfered with!!!

Any ideas on what is going on and any debugging steps I can take.

PS, DataImpulse say everything is working for them.

Thanks
Mike
 

Edited ... by confused_user
typos

[Tech Jedi Alex 1502]

$ ip-api 89.238.150.43
{
 "country"      : "United Kingdom",
 "regionName"   : "England",
 "city"         : "London",
 "zip"          : "",
 "lat"          : 51.5073,
 "lon"          : -0.1277,
 "timezone"     : "Europe/London",
 "isp"          : "M247 Europe SRL",
 "org"          : "AirVPN.org exit server (Arion)",
 "as"           : "AS9009 M247 Europe SRL",
 "mobile"       : false,
 "proxy"        : true,
 "hosting"      : true,
 "query"        : "89.238.150.43"
}

 

On 9/30/2025 at 5:06 PM, confused_user said:

The location issue is not a concern to me but possibly part of something very strange.

Nah, simple geolocation DB error. It could've been an M247 IP address located in Romania (M247 itself is a Romanian company, even) but was since moved to UK, and the info wasn't updated in the DB.

I'm struggling with understanding the issue. Maybe it's the unfamiliarity with DataImpulse. Can you elaborate?

[confused_user 0]

DataImpluse provide http proxy services so you can make requests via a large network of ips. They bill per request.

Requests look like this

http://user:password@gw.dataimpulse.com:823

You then get a response via a UK ip address that constantly rotates. All works perfectly until Arion is used to connect to the proxy, then a response comes from Russian ip and DataImpule do not charge me!

I fixed it by switching to a different AirVPN server.

So I think two things could be happening

Arion is doing something with traffic to DataImpulse or proxies in general that is not normal
or
DataImpule is mistakenly using Russian proxies and not billing me when it detects Arion!

I attach screenshots taken a minute apart, one UK and one Russian.

I just wondered if anyone has ever come across anything like this. My expertise are in software dev, not network ops!

[confused_user 0]

Image link: https://ibb.co/tMtRmjs0

[Tech Jedi Alex 1502]

On 10/3/2025 at 2:24 AM, confused_user said:

Arion is doing something with traffic to DataImpulse or proxies in general that is not normal

Shouldn't. Apart from blocking outbound port 25 and rerouting traffic through rerouting servers for geolocation circumvention of supported websites, no server manipulates customer traffic.
 

On 10/3/2025 at 2:24 AM, confused_user said:

DataImpule is mistakenly using Russian proxies and not billing me when it detects Arion!

At least more probable.