From this picture I have a rough idea of how a VPN works, but there are still some questions I have that need to be cleared up.
First of all, in a situation where you’re sending a request over to your ISP so that it can be sent to the web server, is the IP address the sender(you) give an address generated by your VPN client, or does the ISP not need the sender’s IP address at all?
And, as you’re receiving the packet from the web server, if the ISP doesn’t know your IP address, how do they know who to send it to? Or do the VPN servers send it to you instead?