VPN server IP address and my IP public address

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CarlTe
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VPN server IP address and my IP public address

Post by CarlTe » Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:37 am

Hello!

I use more than one VPN on a Windows laptop.

I connect to the internet and my IP is 123.456.789.999
I lunch the VPN application (e.g. NordVPN).
I chose a country/server in the NordVPN application, I connect to the server.
My public IP is now 987.654.321.111

What is the IP address that I am connected to?
In other words, to which IP address my ISP sees that I am connected?

Is it 987.654.321.111?
Is my public IP address the same of the IP address that I am connected to?

Thanks

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Re: VPN server IP address and my IP public address

Post by Pippin » Fri Jun 26, 2020 5:11 pm

What is the IP address that I am connected to?
Always to your ISP's gateway.
In other words, to which IP address my ISP sees that I am connected?
Your VPN provider.
(and that's not really in other words, the two questions are distinct)
Is my public IP address the same of the IP address that I am connected to?
You should be able to answer that question yourself now.

It's not about where you connect to but about what the world sees...
I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
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Re: VPN server IP address and my IP public address

Post by CarlTe » Fri Jun 26, 2020 6:03 pm

Thank you Pippin for the information.

I still have the same dubts. I will ask the question in a different way.

I connect to internet without VPN.
My ISP can see and record the IP of all the web pages that I visit.

Now I open the NordVPN application and I connect to a NordVPN server.
My public IP address becomes 987.654.321.111 (for example).
Which IP address the ISP sees that I am "visiting"?

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Re: VPN server IP address and my IP public address

Post by Pippin » Fri Jun 26, 2020 6:25 pm

987.654.321.111
I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
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