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See exactly what the internet sees when you browse: your IP address, where it appears to be, who owns it, and whether you are on a VPN right now.
Live check
Looking up your IP address.
Details
IP-based location is approximate. It usually gets the city right, sometimes only the region.
Plain language
A normal home internet address. Banks, streaming services, and shops trust it because it looks like an ordinary person at home.
The address belongs to a hosting company. Common on office networks and cloud computers. Many websites treat these with suspicion.
The address belongs to a VPN or proxy service. Your traffic is tunneled, but websites can often tell it is not a home connection.
Use cases
Four everyday reasons people land on this page.
The icon in your menu bar can lie. This page shows what the internet really sees.
Connected to "Germany" but the IP says Netherlands? Now you know before your bank does.
Bank, work portal, client dashboard. A 10-second check before you type a password.
If a show is blocked abroad, your IP type is usually the reason. This tells you which.
Field guide
Every field on your card, explained.
Your device's public identity on the internet. Every website you visit sees it. The card labels it IPv4 or IPv6 automatically.
The company the address is registered to. This is how we spot VPNs, proxies, and hosting companies.
Whether the address belongs to a hosting company or datacenter instead of a home internet provider.
Estimated from the address registry, not GPS. Accurate to the city in most cases, sometimes only the region.
Whether you are connecting over a cellular network rather than WiFi or a wired connection.
Our verdict from the hosting flag and the owner name: a home ISP, a hosting company, or a VPN/proxy service.
Next steps
You are protected, but websites can tell it is not a home connection. A home IP VPN gives you the same privacy with your own residential address. Take the quiz
Your real address is visible to every site you visit. Fine at home; worth fixing when you travel. Check your readiness
Usually harmless. But if a service blocks you because of it, a home IP VPN pins you to your real home city. Book a consultation
Good to know
We check whether your address belongs to a hosting company, and we look at who owns it. VPN providers, proxy services, and hosting companies register their address ranges publicly, so an address that belongs to one of them is easy to spot.
IP-based location is an estimate, not GPS. It is usually right about the city, but sometimes it only gets the region. Mobile and VPN addresses are the least accurate.
It means your IP address belongs to a hosting company or datacenter rather than a home internet provider. That is common on office networks and cloud computers, and many websites treat such addresses with suspicion.
Not everyone does. The card above labels your address automatically: IPv4 is the common dotted format, IPv6 is the newer longer format with colons. Seeing IPv4 is normal and nothing is broken.
They should not, but leaks happen. A misconfigured browser can reveal your real address through WebRTC or DNS requests. Our leak test tool checks for exactly that.
Your public IP is visible to every website you visit anyway, so seeing it here reveals nothing new. Just avoid posting it next to personal details, since it gives away your city and provider.
Providers often operate under a parent company name, or you may be on a reseller. The name shown is the registered owner of the address, which is not always the brand on your bill.
Yes, and it is worth checking. Phones often take surprising network paths, especially on hotel or cafe WiFi, and the result is not always what you expect.
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