Quick "noob" question

[tooth]

I've never really messed with VPN/tunneling connections...

If I am able to successfully connect to the VPN server I setup, and it provides me with an IP (of which i can also see an additional LAN connection in ipconfig) should I assume that I am properly going through the VPN tunnel?

Is there some form of way I can even test it to be sure...

I am running openvpn server side with ubuntu, and the client side is Win7


Thanks

[george]

from windows run a tracrt to an IP on the VPN side of the LAN.