What Is My IP

What is a public IP address?

Your public IP is the address the rest of the internet sees when your traffic arrives — assigned by your ISP to your router, not to your individual device. Inside your home or office network your devices use private ranges (192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x) and your router translates between the two via NAT, which is why every device on your Wi-Fi shows the same public IP here. Most residential IPs are dynamic and can change when your router reconnects; servers and business lines usually get static ones. If you're on a VPN, the address shown is the VPN exit node's — that's the whole point — so this page doubles as a quick "is my VPN actually on?" check. An address with colons (like 2404:6800::1) means you're connecting over IPv6; dotted numbers (like 203.0.113.7) are IPv4.

What your request headers reveal

Alongside your IP, every HTTP request carries headers your browser adds automatically. user-agent identifies your browser and operating system; accept-language lists your preferred languages (how sites pick a locale before you log in); accept-encoding advertises compression support like gzip and brotli; and sec-ch-ua client hints carry structured browser version data. Servers use these for content negotiation, but combined they also form a surprisingly distinctive fingerprint — which is worth knowing when you think about privacy. This tool simply echoes back what your browser sent so you can see exactly what every site you visit receives.

FAQ

Do you log or store my IP address?

No. The endpoint reads the address and headers from your request and returns them to your browser in the same response — nothing is written to a database or log. The information is shown only to you.

Why is the IP shown different from ipconfig/ifconfig on my machine?

Those commands show your private LAN address (typically 192.168.x.x), which only exists inside your local network. Your router NATs it to the public address shown here. Both are "your IP" — they just live on opposite sides of your router.

Can someone find my exact location from my IP?

Only roughly. IP geolocation databases usually resolve to your city or region — and sometimes just to your ISP's nearest hub, which can be hundreds of kilometers off. Your street address is not derivable from an IP alone; that level of detail requires your ISP's records, which are only released through legal process.