Working out vpn bandwidth on single server

[Cyber-Mav]

I got 1 server that has 1 network port. Runs windows server os and has built in vpn enabled.
This server also has shared drives on it. This is connected to my vodafone gigafast router alone with few other computers.
So was wondering when someone vpns into the server the client machine gets an ip from the vpn and then can access network shares on the same computer,
Now heres where i started thinking do vpn clients go direct to the server and then to the hard drives in it or do they loop back to the switch and go back to the same physical machine to access the shares?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Well after setting up multiple physical machines on home network i managed to work out whats going on. A managed switch would have make things easier

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Due to the routing protocols set up on routers they know where stuff sits so in most cases the VPN directly accesses stuff as if you were sitting inside the network. It can depend on what services need to be accessed and where. It’s pretty impressive stuff under the hood and VPNs have got far better over the years due to routing protocols.

One problem I come across frequently is when a home network has the same IP scheme as the work network. It’s not a problem as such it’s just can be a pain in the butt depends on what services someone needs to access as some routers are locked IP schemes now.

Virgin media lock their LAN schemes so unless someone uses their own equipment schemes can’t be changed but VPN clients can be allocated with static routes allowing things to just work.