What Is My IP

## What is my IP address? This page shows your public IP address — the unique number your internet connection presents to every website you visit — along with your approximate location, ISP, and browser details, detected the moment the page loads. Nothing is stored; the lookup is for your view only. ## Public vs private IP Your **public IP** is assigned by your internet provider and is visible to every site and service you connect to. Your **private IP** (typically 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x) is what your router assigns to each device on your home network and is not visible to the outside world. This page shows your public IP — the address that identifies your connection on the internet. ## IPv4 vs IPv6 You may see an IPv4 address (like 203.0.113.45), an IPv6 address (like 2001:db8::1), or both. IPv6 is the newer, vastly larger address space created because the world ran out of IPv4 addresses. Many connections now use IPv6 by default; if you only see one, your network or the site you check may prefer that version. ## What your IP reveals — and how to hide it Your public IP exposes your approximate location (city or region, not your street address) and your ISP, and any server you connect to can log it. To mask it, route your traffic through a **VPN**, which replaces your real IP with the VPN server address and encrypts the connection — useful on public Wi-Fi, for privacy, or to change your apparent region. ## Why check your IP Common reasons: confirming a VPN is working (your IP should change when it is on), troubleshooting geo-restriction or network issues, setting up port forwarding or remote access, whitelisting your address for a service, or verifying what your ISP assigned. To look up details on any other address, use the [IP geolocation lookup](/tools/network/ip-geolocation-lookup).