What is my IP address?
The address websites see when you connect.
Your public IP address
Looking up your address…
This is the address websites and apps see when you connect to them: your router’s or mobile network’s, not your device’s address at home. With a VPN or proxy on, you see theirs.
The location comes from your provider’s network, not from GPS. It is approximate and often shows your provider’s city rather than where you are.
Our server reads your address to answer this page and does not store it.
One request to our server
This tool needs one request to our server: for today’s exchange rates, or to read the address you connect from. Nothing you type is sent with it, and nothing is stored.
Example
Example: reading the result at home, then with a VPN on
Opened at home, the page asks our server which address your connection came from. The addresses below are from the ranges set aside for examples; yours will differ.
- The address is the one every device at home shares — your router’s. Your laptop’s own address, such as 192.168.1.20, is not shown: websites never see it.
- Copy puts 203.0.113.42 on the clipboard for a support request or a firewall rule.
- Turn the VPN on and reload: address, network and place change to the VPN’s. If they still show your provider, the VPN is not carrying your traffic.
| Line | At home | With a VPN on |
|---|---|---|
| Your public IP address | 203.0.113.42 | 198.51.100.7 |
| IP version | IPv4 | IPv4 |
| Approximate location | your provider’s city, or one near it | the VPN server’s city |
| Network (ISP) | your provider and its AS number | the VPN’s network |
| Time zone | your provider’s | the VPN server’s |
Whatever this page shows is what websites see. On a connection that uses IPv6 it shows an address like 2001:db8::1 instead, because it reports the address your connection actually used.
How it works
- Open the page — your public IP address appears at once.
- See whether it is IPv4 or IPv6, and the approximate location, provider and time zone that come with it.
- Press Copy to paste it into a support request, a firewall rule or a game server.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a public IP address?
- The address your connection has on the internet — usually your router’s or your mobile network’s. Every device at home shares it; each has its own private address (like 192.168.1.20) inside the network, which websites never see.
- IPv4 or IPv6?
- IPv4 looks like 203.0.113.42, IPv6 like 2001:db8::1. Which one you see depends on your provider; many connections have both and use IPv6 when a site offers it.
- Why is the location wrong?
- It is worked out from your provider’s network, not from GPS, so it often shows the city where your provider routes traffic. It can’t find your street.
- Does a VPN change it?
- Yes — with a VPN or proxy on, this page shows the VPN’s address, which is what websites see too. That is a quick way to check the VPN works.
- How do I see my IPv4 address when the page shows IPv6?
- The page shows the one address your connection used to reach us, and where IPv6 is available that is usually it. Your IPv4 address still exists, shared through your router: the router’s status page shows it as the WAN or internet address.
- How do I find my local (private) IP address?
- It is not on this page, because websites cannot see it. On Windows, run ipconfig and read IPv4 Address; on a Mac, look under System Settings › Network; on a phone, in the Wi-Fi network’s details. It usually starts with 192.168., 10. or 172.
- Is my address stored?
- No. Our server reads it to answer the page and doesn’t save it; the page doesn’t use tricks to look up addresses inside your network.