What's the Real Difference Between Private vs Public IP Addresses? or Private vs Public IP Addresses:

OP here—y’all are legends!

So the tl;dr is:
- Public IP = internet’s way to find my house.
- Private IP = my devices yelling at each other inside.

I checked my public IP on whatismyip (kinda creepy ngl) and saw my router’s private IP via ipconfig.

Follow-up Q: If I VPN, does that change my *public* IP? Or just hide it?

Thx again!