VPN Leaking?

willhub

willhub

willhub

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Hi, just wondering if my VPN is leaking?

When I go onto what is my IP address, the IP changes when I then connect to a VPN, however IPv4 stays the same is this normal?

Thanks.
 


So the IP address I've blacked out DOESN'T change when you connect to your VPN but the one highlighted in yellow does?

That's totally reverse to what I would expect to happen. I would expect the highlighted address to remain the same.
 
Not showing it like that for me, it's showing IPv6 at the top, and loads of letters and numbers more like a MAC address.

Firefox and Edge both show different IP Addresses, weird.
 
Quite normal, when you connect to a vpn the adapter should obtain an ip address for the remote network which is different to your local ip. That ip is the one that then goes out via the remote gateway.

For example a corporate hardware Vpn I look after, when a user connects we distribute 10.0.0.x with routes to the local network at the vpn side (192.168.101.x). Effectively you have 3 ip addresses, your local v4 addy which is likely 192.168.1.x, the remote local ip (highlighted yellow) and the remote gateway or public facing IP (in black).

The ip in yellow i.e. the remote local (to the remote network) v4 addy will likely increment as a user connects the vpn (is just a dhcp pool of addresses). The one in black is the remote gateway which doesn't change.

In simple terms you need an ip on the remote network that is in the correct subnet and is configured to hit the remote gateway. No doubt somebody can explain it better but it is a standard VPN config.
 
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I searched google for ipv4 address and it does change when I'm on a the proxy. I decided to try and test it on a website I knew was blocked in the UK, and it comes up with a page about UK court order and a list of lots of site, now considering I'm connected to a server on a VPN in the netherlands, this seems to point to leakage?
 
Yes, the external IP will change when connected through a VPN. Otherwise, what is the point?

Edit: I mean what would be the point of a VPN if the external IP stayed the same when connected via VPN :)
 
Just don't get how I get a page blocked indication from the government, it makes sense off the VPN but on it it doesn't as a VPN is supposed to be secure.
 
willhub said:
Just don't get how I get a page blocked indication from the government, it makes sense off the VPN but on it it doesn't as a VPN is supposed to be secure.
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It sounds like your VPN isn't setup correctly if you have the same external IP with/without it running but as posted above if you're trying to access something blocked in the UK then you you would need a non-UK endpoint for your VPN.
 
neodude said:
???

Did you even read the thread? He IS having issues with blocking.
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Yes, thanks for your concern. A properly configured VPN service with a UK end point shouldn't be subject to UK HCO blocking. I'm not denying he is having issues, but your assertion that you need to use a non UK end point is as flawed as your comprehension of his actual issue. For someone who makes a lot of sense generally, this seems out of character.
 
Nice. Resort to insults :p

If the site is blocked in the UK, why exactly would using a VPN endpoint outside the UK not help?
 
neodude said:
Nice. Resort to insults :p

If the site is blocked in the UK, why exactly would using a VPN endpoint outside the UK not help?
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Did you really find someone politely pointing out you generally speak sense but have made an obvious mistake insulting? Wow, this is awkward, I feel like I should offer you a hug or something :D

The UK HCO’s much like the FA’s action against IPTV providers don’t apply to every UK ISP (Plusnet for example allowed access to TPB till well after the BT buy out, Vodafone for example don’t take part in the FA blocking), so why would you think they would apply to servers hosted in a UK DC?

The op’s issue is his config, his traffic isn’t routing via the VPN as he’s clearly stated his external IP doesn’t change when it’s enabled/disabled, till he resolves that - and at the risk of further offending you by pointing out the obvious - his end point choice is irrelevant.
 
I know how HCO blocking works. But without knowing exactly what it is he's trying to access and which VPN service he's using, you can't be entirely sure that the VPN server is not also blocked from that content. Your views are based largely on assumptions.

Granted though, his config is probably the issue.
 
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