Public IP Detection
See the address currently visible to websites and remote services.
What Is My IP?
Check your public IPv4 or IPv6 address, see the location websites usually infer, and inspect ASN, ISP or carrier, and proxy or VPN signals.
Detecting your IP...
Enter any IPv4 or IPv6 address to inspect
What this tool helps you verify
One lookup, then the context that usually matters next.
Geolocation Context
Review country, region, and city-level estimates for a connection.
ASN & Network Owner
Map an IP to the carrier, host, or provider announcing the range.
Security Screening
Detect proxy, VPN, Tor, and datacenter signals on any address.
Why people search “what is my IP address”
Sometimes the question really is that simple. You just want to see the public address your connection is using right now. In practice, though, most people are trying to answer the next question too: why a site thinks they are in the wrong place, whether a VPN is showing, who owns the network, or whether the address belongs to a mobile carrier, broadband ISP, or hosting platform.
That is why this page covers more than a single number. A useful IP checker should help with “what is my IPv4 address,” “what is my IPv6 address,” “where is my IP located,” “who owns this IP,” and “is this a VPN or proxy exit?” without forcing you to open five tabs and stitch the answer together yourself.
Check your public IP
Useful when you want the address a website, API, game server, or remote login portal can actually see.
Check your IP location
Useful when a streaming service, store, fraud check, or login alert thinks you are in the wrong country, region, or city.
Check who owns the network
Useful when you need the ISP, carrier, ASN, or hosting provider behind the address rather than a rough map pin.
International IP lookup notes
IP results are rarely as neat as a street address. Mobile networks, CGNAT, roaming, satellite links, anycast edges, and corporate gateways can make one address represent a much wider area than people expect. That is true whether you call the area a state, province, region, county, or prefecture.
In other words, the location block is a clue, not a verdict. If the city looks slightly off, focus on the network owner, ASN, and routing context first. That usually explains more than chasing a map pin that was never meant to be exact.
Frequently asked questions
Does an IP address uniquely identify one person?
Not reliably. Many users share one public IP behind NAT, carrier gateways, enterprise networks, or VPN exits. An IP is a network indicator, not a personal identity token.
Can an ASN tell me whether an IP is residential, mobile, or hosting?
Often yes at a high level. ASN ownership and routing patterns are useful clues for separating consumer ISPs from cloud or data-center networks.
Why do websites show a different IP than my router or device?
Your local device can have a private address inside the network, while websites only see the public address exposed by your router, ISP, VPN, or proxy.
Is IPv6 lookup handled differently from IPv4 lookup?
The workflow is similar, but IPv6 allocations, geolocation precision, and reverse mapping can differ. The most useful context still comes from ASN, owner, and route-level data.
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