ipchickenDid you ever wonder from which IP Address you’re connecting to the Internet? This becomes particularly important if you’re using a VPN and you’d like to confirm that your VPN is indeed working. (You might want to appear to be using an IP address in another country, for example, so you can see content unavailable in your host country. VPN’s let you do so.) One of the easiest ways to reveal this fact is with…

http://ipchicken.com/

All you have to do is go to IPChicken before you sign on to your VPN, make a note of the active IP, then log on to your VPN, then refresh the screen at IPChicken. If your VPN is working, your VPN (and maybe your COUNTRY) will be different.