Hey all.
I was wondering if it was normal to have the same IP for the client and the server. The client’s IP is basically the IPv4 of the server when I check on WhatsMyIp.
Thanks in advance
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A VPN works by masking your IP with that of the server your connecting to and by encrypting traffic passed through it – logging, in most cases, is disabled, thus reducing the ability of tracking.
If you sign up for a VPN service, you’d still see the IP of the server that you’re connecting to until you disconnect and reconnect. Even then, it may not be guaranteed that you will connect to different IP – it all depends on how the VPN service has their network/service configured.
In most cases, this is desirable (same IP) as the purpose of the VPN is to encrypt your traffic to and from using SSL or similar + any encryption that may be done by the software you’re using so that it can not be intercepted, broken apart, and read.
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