Off-topic : VPN setup

Hi,
off-topic, but having failed to find the answer on the net (in a form that I can understand) I thought I'd try here.
I live in France and have a dsl connection. I also have a dsl connection in Edinburgh in the UK. Sometimes it would be useful for me to have a UK IP address when using the internet in France. It occurred to me that I could perhaps set up a vpn.
Question : Would this mean that I would have to have a computer running at the UK end, in order to access the internet with a UK IP, or could I simply 'pass through' the router in the UK to gain a UK IP address?
Also ... I'm assuming that I would need to buy a special VPN Router for the UK. Would this need to replace the DSL router/modem or would it (could it) be placed after it? Currently in the UK, there is an airport base station placed after the DSL Router.
Any help/info much appreciated.
Grant

I suggest you post your question in the OS X Networking forums, as this forum is for troubleshooting Apple Remote Desktop, Apple's application for managing Macs on your network:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1222

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Dude wrote:
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SQL> update tong set col1 = col1 + 1 ;
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Reg: Just for fun [Off-Topic] -

Hi All,
Has anybody ever seen Mr. Thomas Kyte over here?
Or, Steven Feurstein behind the 'The PL/SQL Challenge'?
Just getting curious to know because I've never seen those biggies over here.
@Mod - Sorry for getting off-topic.
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