IP Addresses and Virtual Private Networks

[MrGamm]

Will a user who connects into a virtual private network visit a site showing the VPS IP as the origin?

Lets say a user connects from their laptop using a wireless network from Chicago into their Virtual Private Network which is located in New York and then visits a website.

Will the website hosting the server see the VPS network IP in New York or will the server see the IP address in Chicago.

I am very unfamiliar with how VPS networks work so I am not even sure if this sort of proxy scenario is even possible or likely. Your insights would help. Thank you.

[wige]

Simple answer, it depends.

I believe the difference is if it is bridged or not. In a bridged topography, EVERYTHING goes through the tunnel, and your outgoing connections are no different.

In a standard setup, your VPN clients maintain their default gateways, and send Internet traffic from the local Internet connection, so the local public IP is what remote servers will see.

Note that this may require some knowledge of DHCP and routing to set up. Since all clients get their IP addresses from the main DHCP server, you need to configure that server to only assign IP addresses to the remote clients, not default gateways.

[fast1]

@wige I agree. you bit a good simple answer. thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[netman4ttm]

It does depend but it doesn't matter if the link is a bridge or a tunnel.
The depends is within the VPN server. They can be setup up so that browsing is forced through the vpn or just handle the the traffic bound for the interior net.