How to use the IP lookup
- Press the "Look up my IP" button.
- The tool asks our server what it sees from your connection.
- Read your public IP address, country, city and user agent in the results.
- Press the button again any time to refresh the result.
What the results mean
The IP address shown is your public IP — the address your router and internet provider present to the outside world. It is different from the private address your computer uses on your home network, which typically looks like 192.168.x.x. The country and city fields are a geolocation estimate based on where your provider registered that address, so they are accurate to a city or region rather than to a street.
The user agent is a string your browser sends with every request. It identifies your browser name, version and operating system. Webmasters and developers use it to understand what devices are visiting a site and to reproduce issues reported by users.
When an IP lookup is useful
- Checking that a VPN or proxy is actually routing your traffic.
- Confirming the address you need to whitelist for a firewall or a remote server.
- Troubleshooting why a site thinks you are in the wrong country.
- Sharing your connection details with a support agent who asks for them.
A note on privacy
This lookup only reveals information your browser already sends to every website you visit. Your public IP address is visible to any server you connect to; this tool simply shows you the same information. The lookup happens in a single request and the tool does not log or store your address.
Public vs private IP addresses
Most homes and offices use a router that shares one public address across every device on the network. Inside the network, each device gets its own private address — usually in the 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x range — that the outside world can never reach directly. The address this tool reports is the public one at the edge of your connection, which is why it is the same for every device behind the same router.