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What is my IP address

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Your IP address

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Look up

We query an IP database to locate the address. GustKit sends the address you see here, or the one you type, to look up its location. We do not store lookups. The map loads from OpenStreetMap only if you ask for it.

The public address of this connection shows up in large type, with the country, city, ISP and timezone registered for that network. Type another IP or a domain to check that one too.

How to check your IP

1. Open this page and wait for the large address. That number is the public IP this connection presents. 2. Press Copy if you need to paste it into a form or a support chat. 3. Read the place, the ISP and the flags under the address. 4. To check a different address, type an IP or a domain in the field and press Look up.

The first result belongs to this connection. A phone on mobile data and a laptop on home Wi-Fi usually show different addresses. A VPN replaces both with the address of the VPN server.

What an IP address is

An IP address is the number a network uses to deliver packets. Your router, your phone and the site you are visiting each have one somewhere on that path. The address on this page is the public one presented to GustKit. It is often the router or the carrier, not a private number such as 192.168.0.1 that only exists inside a house.

People search for what is my IP, my IP address, or IP lookup when a service asks them to confirm the network, when mail will not send, or when they want to see whether a VPN is actually on.

IPv4 and IPv6

IPv4 addresses look like 203.0.113.10: four numbers from 0 to 255. IPv6 addresses are longer and use hexadecimal groups, such as 2001:db8::1. Many mobile carriers and newer home connections prefer IPv6 because IPv4 numbers ran short. This page accepts both, and it also accepts a domain name, which is resolved to the address that name points to.

Seeing an IPv6 address does not mean the connection is broken. It means the network has a modern address. Some older forms still ask for IPv4. If a form rejects the value, that form is the limit.

Why the city can be off

The place under an IP comes from who registered that range and where the range tends to appear. Country and region are often right. The city is only a rough label. It is not a GPS reading, and it cannot see a street, a name or the device in your hand.

A carrier may register a whole state under one city. A VPN or a company proxy places the result at the server, which can be in another country. If the city looks wrong, the database is describing the network, not a house.

VPN, proxy and hosting

The flags are hints from the same database. Proxy means the address is associated with a VPN, a TOR exit or another relay. Hosting means it belongs to a data center rather than a home or mobile carrier. Mobile means the range is used by a cellular network. A flag is a clue, not proof: some privacy services are missing from the list, and some ordinary cloud offices are marked as hosting.

If you turned a VPN on and the country did not change, that VPN is not carrying this browser. If you turned it off and the country is still the VPN country, the system or the browser may still be sending traffic through it.

Look up any IP or domain

IP location lookup and check IP are the same job as the box above: take an address, or a site name, and ask where that network is registered. Type it with no http and no port, for example 8.8.8.8 or example.com. The card fills in with the same fields.

That is useful when a signup, a bounce or a server log names an address and you want to know if it looks like a home ISP, a mobile carrier or a hosting company. Do not treat the city as proof of where a person is sitting.

Frequently asked questions

What is my IP address?

This page reads the public IP your connection presents and shows it at the top. Websites see that address. It may belong to your router, your carrier or a VPN server.

How do I look up a different IP?

Type the IP or the domain in the search field and press Look up. Leave off https and any port. The same card fills in with that network's country, city, ISP and flags.

Why is the IP location wrong?

IP location is an estimate from how the address range is registered. Country is usually reliable. The city can be a neighboring city, the ISP headquarters or the city of a VPN server. It is not a GPS position.

Does a VPN change my IP?

Yes. While a VPN is on, sites see the VPN server's address, and this page will too. The proxy flag is often on for those addresses. Turn the VPN off and reload to see the address your carrier presents.

Do you store IP lookups?

No. GustKit asks an IP database for the location and returns it to this tab. The response for your own address is sent with no-store, so a shared cache does not keep it. We do not keep a log of what you looked up.

What is the difference between IPv4 and IPv6?

IPv4 is the short dotted form. IPv6 is the longer form with colons. Both identify a network endpoint. This tool looks up either one, and a domain name as well.