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Using logmein (Remote Desktop)
 

Does anyone out there know if using a remote desktop would help to shield your IP address from eBay and PayPal. I'd like to use my regular home connection and log in to a computer some where else and work my PayPal account like that I believe that this way it is using the other computers IP address. But will PayPal be able to trace it to my IP address too?


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Re: Using logmein (Remote Desktop)
 

They'd see your residents IP address, not your remote location.

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The remote desktop IP would be seen with the logmein use

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Best to use a VPS and use it for RDP.

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Thanks guys I appreciate it give me to say the computer that I am not using that IP address would be seeing correct.? Also what does RDP mean?


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RDP stands for Remote Desktop Protocol and it's used by programs like logmein and Windows Remote Desktop Connection.

Your idea will work as long as the remote computer you will be using has a fresh IP. EB/PP will see the IP of whatever computer actually logs into their servers, so your home IP won't be seen if you're logging in with the remotely connected PC.

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Great thanks so much!!


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If so what is the need for vps?


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Basically when you connect to VPS, you are borrowing the VPS's IP instead of using your machine you are connecting from....

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VPS would be the same as log me in as long as the IP address that the connection is on is clean correct?

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VPS is the a cloud server, log me in is a software to use to connect to remote machine, just like RDP by Windows machines

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Precisely. Using a VPS in this situation is just another way of basically doing the same thing. With a VPS you would be connecting to a virtual private server to get a fresh IP to work with. With logmein (RDP) you would be connecting to a virtual private desktop to get a fresh IP to work with.

Both are solutions for getting a new IP, but there's absolutely no reason to use both RDP and a VPS simultaneously. Using one or the other will both accomplish the same thing.