What Is My IP
Your public IP address is the number your connection is reachable under on the internet, and every site you visit sees it. This page reads it straight from your connection and shows IPv4, IPv6, provider, ASN, time zone and approximate location. Example: a Comcast line shows up as AS7922 Comcast Cable Communications in the United States.
Your Public IP Address
IPv6:
Location
ISP / Organization
Timezone
Coordinates
Postal Code
Network
Connection profile and VPN check
Everything a website can read from this visit, side by side. If the time zone from your IP address and the one your browser reports disagree, that can simply be travel or a wrongly set clock - with a VPN running it is your real region showing through.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
Time zones match: your browser and your IP address point at the same region, so nothing is leaking here.
Time zones differ: your browser reports a different region than your IP address. Without a VPN that is harmless; with a VPN running it is a time-zone leak.
Which IP addresses does my connection have?
A normal household runs several addresses at the same time. Only the public ones leave the building; the private ones mean something inside your own network only.
| Address | Example | Where it applies | Who sees it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public IPv4 | 203.0.113.42 | On the internet, handed to your router by the provider | Every website and server you contact |
| Public IPv6 | 2001:db8:2f:1a::7 | On the internet; the provider delegates one prefix per connection (often /56 or /64) and each device builds its own addresses from it | Every website and server you contact |
| Private LAN address (RFC 1918) | 192.168.1.25 | Inside your own Wi-Fi or LAN only | Only devices on the same network |
| Router or gateway address | 192.168.1.1 | The router itself inside the LAN | Only devices on the same network |
| CGNAT address (RFC 6598) | 100.72.14.3 | Between your router and the provider | Neither websites nor neighbouring devices |
Where do I find the IP address of my devices?
The operating system only ever shows the private address inside your network. The public address is in the router - or at the top of this page.
| Device | Where to look | Which address you see |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 11 | Settings, Network & internet, Wi-Fi or Ethernet, Hardware properties - or ipconfig in the command prompt | Private LAN address |
| macOS | System Settings, Network, Details, TCP/IP | Private LAN address |
| Android | Settings, Wi-Fi, tap the network, Advanced | Private LAN address and IPv6 |
| iPhone and iPad | Settings, Wi-Fi, the (i) next to the network | Private LAN address |
| Router | Open the address printed on the router label in the browser, usually 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1, then Status or WAN | Public IPv4 and IPv6 |
| This page | Just open it - no login and no click needed | Public IPv4 and IPv6 |
Is my IP address visible on the internet?
Yes, and it has to be. Every request carries your public address as the sender, otherwise the answer would have nowhere to go. Websites, ad networks, mail servers and game servers all see it and usually write it into their logs. What they do not see is your name, your line or the individual device behind the router.
Do I always keep the same IP address?
Usually not. Most consumer lines get a dynamic address that changes whenever the router reconnects, and many providers force a reconnect after a maintenance window anyway. Mobile connections change even more often because the gateway changes. A fixed address is a paid extra and mostly worth it for servers, VPN endpoints and firewall rules.
What can somebody find out from an IP address?
Readable by anyone
- The country and region the address block is registered to
- An approximate city, postal code and coordinates
- The provider or hosting company and its AS number
- Whether the line is business, mobile, hosting or a known VPN exit
- The time zone of the address block
Only your provider knows
- Your name and your street address
- Phone number, e-mail address or contract data
- Which device in the household was online
- The pages you visited
How do I change or hide the IP address shown here?
- Unplug the router for a minute: on a dynamic line the provider usually hands out a new address afterwards.
- Switch a VPN on: this page then has to show the country and provider of the exit server, which is the fastest proof that the tunnel is up.
- Change the network: mobile data and Wi-Fi run through different providers, so the AS number changes too.
- Use Tor for single sessions: the exit node's address appears instead of yours, at the price of noticeable latency.
- Nothing hides the address from your own provider: it always knows which line an address was assigned to.
About What Is My IP
This page answers the question "what is my IP?" without detours: you open it, and the public IPv4 address of your connection is there in large digits, together with the IPv6 address if your provider runs dual stack. The address is not read from your operating system, because the only address stored there is the private one from your home network. What you see is the sender address your router uses on the internet - exactly the number every website, mail server and game server sees.
Under the address are the details that can be derived from public registration data: the provider and its AS number, country, region and city, postal code, coordinates, time zone and the network block your address belongs to. A map shows the area the block is assigned to. One caveat matters: the country is almost always right, the city is an estimate. Geolocation databases place an address block where the provider registered it, not where your router stands. On mobile networks and behind carrier-grade NAT the result can be hundreds of kilometres off.
The connection profile goes one step further. It puts side by side what your IP address reveals and what your browser gives away by itself: the time zone from the IP against the time zone the browser reports, plus the language you have set. If both time zones agree, nothing stands out. If they differ while a VPN is running, the browser is showing your real region - a classic time-zone leak that comparing addresses alone never uncovers. You can copy the whole profile as a table in one click or save it as a text file, for a support ticket for instance.
Typical occasions: you want to check whether a VPN is really active. You need your current address for a firewall rule. You are checking after a router restart whether the provider handed out a new address. Or you want to know whether your line speaks IPv6 at all. The lookup runs without a login and without an install; your browser fetches the address and the location straight from the public services, and we do not store the result.
Use Cases
How to use
Load the page and wait a second while the lookup runs; your public IP address appears in large monospaced digits under Your Public IP Address.
Click the clipboard button beside the address to copy it, and check the IPv6 line underneath if your connection has one.
Read the detail cards for Location, ISP with its ASN, Timezone, Coordinates, Postal Code and Network.
Scroll to the embedded map to see the approximate area your address is registered to.
Click Refresh after switching networks or turning a VPN on or off to run the lookup again and compare the results.
Pro Tips
- Run the What Is My IP from a different network (mobile data vs. Wi-Fi) to compare results and spot location-specific issues.
- Re-run the What Is My IP a few minutes later if results look odd — transient DNS or routing glitches are common.
- Compare against a known-good domain to confirm that unexpected results are not just normal behavior.
- Screenshot or copy results when filing a support ticket — having the raw What Is My IP output speeds up debugging.
- Combine the What Is My IP with our other network tools (DNS, SSL, headers) for a full picture of a target endpoint.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, the What Is My IP is free to use with no signup, API key, or rate-limit surprises for normal use.
We keep minimal request logs for abuse prevention. We do not log or resell the content of your queries or the responses.
No. For security, the What Is My IP blocks private IP ranges, localhost, and cloud metadata endpoints to prevent SSRF abuse.
The What Is My IP runs each query in real time, so the output reflects the current state of the target at query time, subject to caching along the network path.
The What Is My IP is a web interface for occasional checks. For bulk or automated use, consider dedicated APIs or command-line tools.
Yes. The layout adapts to phones and tablets so you can run checks anywhere.