What Is My IP Address?
This page shows the public IP address your browser is using right now, plus the ISP, approximate location, time zone and network details associated with that IP.
Your IP Address
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Lookup source
The IP address result is live. Location and ISP details come from public IP address databases and may change as providers update their records.
How to Read Your IP Lookup Result
A public IP lookup is most useful when you separate the address itself from the extra metadata around it. The address is the strongest signal; location and connection details are estimates from network databases.
| Field | What it means | When it matters |
|---|---|---|
| IP address | The IP address that websites see when your browser connects to the internet. | Copy it for allowlists, remote access checks, VPN verification and ISP support tickets. |
| IP version | IPv4 uses dotted numbers, while IPv6 uses longer hexadecimal groups separated by colons. | Some routers, VPNs, firewalls and hosting tools handle IPv4 and IPv6 differently. |
| ISP or organization | The network that owns or announces the address block, not necessarily your personal identity. | It helps confirm whether traffic is using your ISP, mobile carrier, workplace network, proxy or VPN. |
| Approximate location | A city, region or country estimate from IP geolocation databases. | Useful for checking regional routing, but it should not be treated as a precise physical location. |
| Lookup source | The place this page used to detect the IP and enrich it with network metadata. | Browser, server and third-party IP databases can disagree when proxies, VPNs or local development are involved. |
What Your IP Address Reveals
An IP address can identify the network that owns the address and estimate a location, but it is not a personal identity record. Treat ISP and country as stronger signals than city, coordinates or connection type.
| What it reveals | Reliability | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ISP or carrier | Usually high | Often reflects the network that owns the IP block, although VPNs, hosting providers and mobile carriers can mask the original ISP. |
| Country | Usually high | Commonly reliable enough for regional rules, streaming checks and fraud signals, but VPN exit nodes change the country shown. |
| City or region | Variable | Can be wrong by many kilometers because IP blocks may be registered where the ISP routes or manages them. |
| Connection type | Estimated | Databases may classify an address as residential, mobile, business, hosting or proxy based on network patterns. |
| Time zone | Estimated | Usually inferred from the geolocated city or region and may not match your device clock. |
| Home address | Not revealed | A public IP lookup does not expose your street address or exact GPS position. |
| Real name or identity | Not revealed | Only the ISP can connect an assigned IP to a subscriber account, usually under legal process. |
Why Your IP May Not Match Your Router, VPN or Location
A mismatch is usually a routing clue, not a broken lookup. Compare the public result with your router, VPN app and ISP account before changing network settings.
| What you see | Likely cause | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| The IP differs from your router WAN address | Carrier-Grade NAT, double NAT or an upstream router may be placing another public address in front of your router. | Compare the router WAN page with this lookup. If you need inbound connections, ask the ISP for a public or static IP. |
| The IP shows a different country | A VPN, proxy, corporate gateway or mobile carrier may be routing traffic through another region. | Disconnect the VPN or proxy and refresh the page. If the country changes, the previous address was an exit IP. |
| The city is wrong | IP geolocation maps address blocks, not devices. ISP routing and database age can move the estimated city. | Use city data as a rough signal only. Country, ISP and IP version are usually more reliable than street-level assumptions. |
| The IP changes after a router restart | Most residential ISPs assign dynamic addresses through DHCP and may rotate them when the connection renews. | Use Dynamic DNS or request a static IP if you host services or maintain firewall allowlists. |
What Your Public IP Address Means
Your public IP address is the address websites see when your device connects to the internet. It usually belongs to your router, ISP, VPN, proxy, mobile carrier or hosting network rather than to one specific device. Private IP addresses such as 192.168.x.x stay inside your local network and are not directly visible to websites.
How This Tool Detects Your Public IP
The page first reads the IP visible in your browser request. If local development, proxies or missing headers limit that result, it falls back to public lookup providers for IP and geolocation metadata. When a VPN or proxy is active, the detected address is usually the exit IP, not the original ISP-assigned address.
Public IP vs Private IP vs Router WAN IP
These three addresses answer different questions. The public IP is what the internet sees, the private IP identifies a device on your LAN, and the router WAN IP shows what your router received from the upstream network.
| Attribute | Public IP | Private IP | Router WAN IP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it is visible | Visible to websites and internet services. | Visible only inside your local network. | Visible on the router status page or ISP modem. |
| Typical format | Public IPv4 or IPv6 address assigned by an ISP, VPN or hosting network. | Usually 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x or 172.16-31.x.x. | May match your public IP or show a CGNAT/private upstream address. |
| Main use | Remote access, regional checks, allowlists and VPN verification. | Device-to-device communication on your home or office LAN. | Diagnosing CGNAT, double NAT and port-forwarding reachability. |
| Port forwarding impact | External users connect to this address when hosting is reachable. | Router rules forward traffic to this internal device address. | If this is not public, inbound port forwarding may not work without ISP changes. |
IPv4 vs IPv6: Which Address Are You Seeing?
The format of the displayed address tells you whether the lookup found IPv4 or IPv6. Many networks are dual-stack, which means both can exist on the same connection.
| Attribute | IPv4 | IPv6 |
|---|---|---|
| Address format | 203.0.113.45 - four decimal numbers separated by dots. | 2001:db8::1 - hexadecimal groups separated by colons. |
| Address length | 32 bits. | 128 bits. |
| Address capacity | About 4.3 billion total addresses. | A vastly larger address space designed for direct device addressing. |
| NAT behavior | Most home networks share one public IPv4 through NAT or CGNAT. | Devices can often receive globally routable IPv6 addresses without traditional NAT. |
| Adoption | Still universal across almost all internet services. | Common on many ISPs and mobile networks, often alongside IPv4. |
When to Recheck Your IP
After connecting to a VPN or proxy
Refresh the page to confirm websites now see the VPN or proxy exit IP instead of your ISP address.
After a router restart or ISP outage
Dynamic residential IPs can change when the connection renews, which can break allowlists and remote access rules.
Before remote access or hosting
Use the public IP together with your router and firewall settings when checking whether outside users can reach a service.
When regional access looks wrong
Compare the displayed country and ISP with the service you are trying to use to spot VPN routing or geolocation database issues.
Privacy and data handling
This tool runs a live IP lookup to show your current result. The site does not require an account and does not save a personal IP lookup history in a database.
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