What is my IP address?
Your public IP, both protocol addresses, your network, and an estimated location — with every signal labelled for what it actually proves. Runs on page load; nothing is stored.
Your IP address
Reading your connection…
Both addresses
- IPv4
- Checking…
- IPv6
- Checking…
Network
- ISP / organisation
- Not available
- Network (ASN)
- Not available
- Reverse hostname
- Not available — the reverse-DNS lookup didn't run for this address.
Estimated location
- Place
- Not available
- Timezone
- Not available
An estimate from IP registry data — not your device's location. City-level accuracy varies and is often wrong by a long way.
Connection type
This address is in a mobile carrier's range. Carriers share addresses across many customers, so it says nothing about you personally.
This address belongs to a hosting provider rather than a home ISP — typical of VPNs, cloud servers, and some business connections.
This address appears in proxy/VPN lists. It is a classification, not proof — corporate networks and carrier-grade NAT are often flagged too.
Three separate signals — not a verdict. We don't tell you whether you're "on a VPN", because these classifications flag plenty of ordinary connections too. A dash means we couldn't check that signal.
How you reached us
- Edge · protocol · TLS
- Not available
Your IP address, network, and connection details are read at this site's own edge. The ISP, reverse hostname, and connection-type signals are looked up through ip-api.com when that lookup is available, and the IPv4/IPv6 rows through ipv4.icanhazip.com and ipv6.icanhazip.com — the only way a browser can see both protocols. TestsDns stores and logs none of it.
What your IP address actually reveals
Your IP address identifies your internet provider and points to a rough region — not to you personally. Everyone behind your home router usually shares the same public IP, and on many mobile and broadband networks it's shared even more widely through carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT), where hundreds of unrelated customers can appear to come from one address at the same time. It's visible to every site and server you connect to, because that's how a reply finds its way back to your device — there's no way to browse the web without exposing it. None of that makes it a personal identifier: on its own, an IP address can't name you, find your street address, or prove who was using a device at a given moment.
IPv4 and IPv6
IPv4 is the original addressing scheme from the early internet — a 32-bit number space that ran out of free addresses years ago. IPv6 is its much larger replacement, designed so every device could have its own globally routable address without the workarounds IPv4 now depends on. Plenty of connections today have both: your device picks whichever protocol a given site supports, so the two rows above can show different addresses for the same connection at the same time.
An empty IPv6 row is completely normal. Many home and mobile networks are still IPv4-only, and a browser genuinely cannot tell "this network has no IPv6" apart from "the IPv6 probe was blocked" — both look identical from where the page runs. Rather than guess which one happened, the card above states both possibilities plainly whenever a probe comes back empty.
How to change or hide your IP
If your provider assigns addresses dynamically, restarting your router is often enough to pick up a new one — though some ISPs hand back the same address, and business connections are frequently static by design. To mask your address from the sites you visit rather than just changing it, use a VPN or a proxy: both substitute their own IP for yours, so sites see the VPN or proxy provider instead of your connection.
One honest caveat worth stating plainly: changing your DNS resolver does not change your IP address. DNS only controls who translates domain names into addresses for you — it has no effect on the address your connection presents to the sites and servers you reach. If privacy from your resolver is the goal rather than hiding your IP, see best DNS for privacy; if you're ready to switch resolvers, the setup guides cover every device.
Your IP address — frequently asked questions
What is my IP address?
Your public IP address is the address the internet sees when you connect — assigned by your internet provider, not by your device. Every site you visit receives it automatically, because it's how replies find their way back to you. The card above shows the address this page saw when you loaded it.
Why do I have two IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6)?
IPv4 is the original 32-bit addressing scheme and has run out of free addresses; IPv6 is its much larger replacement. Many connections now have both, and your device picks one per connection. Some networks are still IPv4-only, so an empty IPv6 row is completely normal rather than a fault.
Does my IP address show my exact location?
No. Location shown for an IP is an estimate derived from registry and routing data, and it is frequently wrong — often by tens or hundreds of kilometres, sometimes landing on your provider's regional hub instead of your city. It is not GPS, it does not come from your device, and it cannot identify your street address.
Can someone find me from my IP address?
Not directly. An IP address maps to your internet provider and a rough region, not to you. Only your provider holds the record linking an address to an account, and they release it to law enforcement under legal process. Ordinary sites see your IP but cannot turn it into your identity or address.
Why does it say my connection is a proxy, VPN, or datacenter?
Those are classifications from IP intelligence data, not proof. Addresses get flagged when they belong to hosting providers or appear in proxy lists — which also happens to corporate networks, carrier-grade NAT, and some mobile carriers. That's why this page shows them as three separate labelled signals and never gives a single "you're on a VPN" verdict.
How do I change or hide my IP address?
Restarting your router often gets you a new address if your provider assigns them dynamically. To mask it from the sites you visit, use a VPN or a proxy, which substitutes its own address for yours. Changing your DNS resolver does not change your IP — it only changes who resolves domain names for you.