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Originally Posted by asphaltgambler

I think there is a way to do a VPN through the router software settings- I believe. Could it be that easy?

VPN setup on your router would probably not do what you want. It's probably to allow you to connect back to your home network when you aren't at home. It could also be for you to setup VPN to someplace (like if you could connect to VPN at work). It's probably not for VPN to mask your public IP.

The type of VPN that SM was talking about is a bit different. That VPN involves you connecting to someone else's public IP. THen an encrypted tunnel is created from your public IP to their public IP. All of your traffic is routed through that tunnel, and then when it pops out onto the Internet, it looks like it's coming from their public IP.

Even with VPN, people on the Internet will constantly be scanning your ISP's network to find unprotected hosts. Folks may not know "AG is behind IP address x.x.x.x", but it will be common knowledge that ATT home internet is using ip addresses x.x.x.x through y.y.y.y and Comcast is using w.w.w.w through z.z.z.z and ....

Even if you use a VPN to browse the Internet, your public IP will always be visible and always be public, just like you can't hide the fact that your home is at 123 Main St because it's sitting there in between your neighbors homes and is a matter of public record. All the VPN does is hide your public IP from the websites that you browse to while you're using it.