VPN not reflecting correct location for work

Hou- wrote:

I am trying to provide that I was home but my work is saying the VPN does not reflect that my location was correct

You’ll need to discuss this with your employer’s IT group, as you would need access to the VPN server logs from when the VPN connection was established and authenticated, and particularly logs that show the origin of the VPN.

This assuming you are using your employer’s VPN to connect into the employer’s network, and not some “coffee shop” VPN.

This also assuming the employer’s VPN server logs are kept, and have kept sufficient detail.

That VPN connection origin itself can also conceivably be a VPN end-point, whether a VPN established into your home network, or a VPN otherwise. This means that even complete company VPN server logs are not certain proof of your location.

If you were using a “coffee shop” VPN and not a traditional VPN, that will work against this entire discussion.

Pragmatically, you’ll likely need additional corroboration for your location beyond the VPN server logs (e.g. security video, etc), and that too may be called into question.

IP addresses provided by an ISP are approximate. And if an ISP recently acquired a new range of IP addresses, the location databases may think they are on the other side of the world. At best they might indicate the same or adjacent state (or county).

If you are VPN connection and trying to find your location, chances are the service guessing your location is seeing the company’s proxy server exit node location. For example, I live on the east coast of the U.S., but VPN’ed into my company’s network, my location is often identified as California, where the company is based. Once it identified as Scandinavia.

A VPN will not show your location because the IP Address used for verification is not your local IP Address. If the VPN was a requirement for your work, then you will need to resolve the problem with your employers IT Department.

If you are using a VPN simply because you think that it is providing Security to your device, that is not the case and it would be recommended to remove the VPN. Your device is more secure without one, since your internet traffic is not being routed to a third party server that has control over your data.

If you are using a VPN to access the internet, one of the things it does is obfuscate your location.