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How it works
The My IP tool instantly shows your current public IP address — the address that external servers see when your device makes a request. It displays both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses if your network supports dual-stack, along with approximate location and ISP information.
Your public IP is the address assigned to your router (or VPN exit node) by your ISP. It's used for geolocation, access control, rate limiting, and security logs. Knowing your IP is often necessary for: whitelisting your IP in server firewalls, debugging why a service is rate-limiting you, checking whether your VPN is actually routing traffic, and providing your IP to a support team for troubleshooting.
How to use it: open the tool. Your IP is retrieved by making a request to a lookup service. The result shows IPv4, IPv6 (if available), approximate city/region/country, ISP name, and whether the address appears to be a VPN/proxy/Tor exit node.
IPv4 vs IPv6: most connections today use IPv4 (e.g., 203.0.113.42 — a 32-bit address). IPv6 (e.g., 2001:db8::1 — a 128-bit address) is increasingly available. If your ISP and router support IPv6, you'll see both. Many services still show IPv4 because DNS resolution defaults to A records over AAAA records.
VPN check: if you're connected to a VPN, the displayed IP should be the VPN server's IP, not your real home IP. Use this tool to verify your VPN is routing traffic before connecting to sensitive services.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Most ISPs assign dynamic IP addresses — your IP changes when your router disconnects and reconnects, or after a DHCP lease expires (typically 24–72 hours). Business internet connections and some residential plans offer static IPs that don't change.
- Yes. When connected to a VPN, your traffic routes through the VPN server — the IP shown is the VPN server's IP, not your real home IP. This is how VPNs provide location privacy.
- IP geolocation is based on registration data and network routing tables — it shows your ISP's regional data center location, which may be a different city than your actual location. IP geolocation accuracy for city-level is typically 50–80%.
- IPv6 is the newer IP version with 128-bit addresses, written as 8 groups of 4 hex digits: 2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334. IPv4 is 32-bit (four numbers 0–255). Your network may have one or both. IPv6 provides vastly more addresses — critical as IPv4 space is exhausted.