VPN + Tor = What IP?

[MrConducter 11]

So I have TOR up and running and when I check my IP it shows it as being run through TOR. I then start the AirVPN client with Socks enabled and connect to a server. I check my IP again (through a website), and it still shows the TOR IP. Should it show the Air IP? Am I doing this correctly and how do I know it is working? I have read all the documentation but still have this question. Thanks!

Okay I see it shows my entry node IP being that of TOR, but it only connects when I have the TOR button enabled. Disable it and it just sits at "connecting" forever.

[Staff 9972]

So I have TOR up and running and when I check my IP it shows it as being run through TOR. I then start the AirVPN client with Socks enabled and connect to a server. I check my IP again (through a website), and it still shows the TOR IP. Should it show the Air IP? Am I doing this correctly and how do I know it is working? I have read all the documentation but still have this question. Thanks!

Okay I see it shows my entry node IP being that of TOR, but it only connects when I have the TOR button enabled. Disable it and it just sits at "connecting" forever.

Hello!

Please make sure that when you connect without TOR you have no proxy configured in your connection options or configuration file.

Kind regards

[MrConducter 11]

What about this question?

" I check my IP again (through a website), and it still shows the TOR IP. Should it show the Air IP?" What exit node is this going through, TOR or Air?

[MrConducter 11]

In other words. Why doesn't the browser show the Air IP? Is it still routing through it?

[Staff 9972]

Hello!

Once you tunnel an application over Air over TOR you will be "visible" on the Internet with the exit-IP of the Air server you're connected to over TOR, except when that application is configured to use the proxy directly, in which case of course you will be visible on the Internet with the TOR exit-node IP address.

Kind regards

[MrConducter 11]

Then can you explain what the advantage is running air over the tor browser if when browsing your air ip doesn't really matter? What's different then just running tor?

[Staff 9972]

Then can you explain what the advantage is running air over the tor browser if when browsing your air ip doesn't really matter? What's different then just running tor?

Hello!

Yes, it's different. Once you are connected, any application will be tunneled over Air over TOR, except those configured to use a proxy, like the TOR web browser, in which case (according to your configuration, the proxies you use and your routing table) you can have a tunnel over TOR over Air over TOR, or over a proxy over Air over TOR, or just over TOR. The first two solutions may result in very poor performance, but add yet another partition of trust and therefore they can strengthen even more the anonymity layer.

In general, if you like Air over TOR, then you should not use the TOR browser to browse, but any browser configured NOT to use a proxy.

Kind regards

[MrConducter 11]

So once connected to air over tor, I can turn off the tor button (or proxify in chrome), be seen with the air ip and still be routed through tor, correct? Or do I have to have the proxify button on the entire time in order to be routed through tor and air?

[Staff 9972]

So once connected to air over tor, I can turn off the tor button (or proxify in chrome), be seen with the air ip and still be routed through tor, correct? Or do I have to have the proxify button on the entire time in order to be routed through tor and air?

Hello!

Correct, to tunnel a browser over Air over TOR, once the connection by OpenVPN is established over TOR, that browser must not use any proxy.

Kind regards