What Is My IP?
Discover your public IP address and location information
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About What Is My IP
See your public IP address instantly along with geolocation data: country, city, ISP, timezone, and whether you're on IPv4 or IPv6. Useful for networking, troubleshooting, and privacy checking.
Your public IP address is how the internet sees you. This tool shows you that address plus additional information about your connection—helpful when configuring firewalls, testing VPNs, or diagnosing network issues.
How to use What Is My IP
Visit this page—your IP is detected automatically.
View your public IP address at the top.
Check the geolocation details below.
Compare with your expected location (VPN check).
Copy the IP address if needed.
Examples
Understanding IP formats
IPv4 vs IPv6 addresses:
IPv4: 192.168.1.1 (most common)
203.0.113.42
Four groups of numbers (0-255)
IPv6: 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
Eight groups of hex values
Longer, supports more devicesPublic vs private IP
Two different addresses serve different purposes:
Public IP: What the internet sees
What this tool shows
Assigned by your ISP
Private IP: Your device on local network
Usually 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x
Not visible to internetVPN verification
Check if your VPN is working:
Without VPN: IP: 203.0.113.42 Location: New York, US ISP: Comcast With VPN connected: IP: 198.51.100.17 (different!) Location: London, UK ISP: ExpressVPN
Features
When to use this
- •Verifying VPN is working correctly
- •Whitelisting your IP in firewalls
- •Troubleshooting network connectivity
- •Checking if your IP changed
- •Setting up remote access
- •Debugging geo-restricted content