IP Address Lookup

How to Use This IP Lookup Tool

Open the page and your public IP address and location are shown automatically — no setup required. To look up any other address, type an IP into the box and hit "Lookup". IPv4 and IPv6 are both supported. It really only takes three steps:

1. Find your IP: Your IP is detected automatically when the page loads, or press "Lookup My IP" to refresh your current exit address
2. Look up any IP: Paste an IP (e.g. 8.8.8.8) into the input box and press Enter to get its location, ISP, timezone and more
3. Read the results: Results include IP address, country/region, state/province, city, coordinates, organization (Org), timezone and more, powered by the global IP database (ipinfo.io)

Below we explain what each field means and answer the most common questions about IP lookup.

What Does Each Field in the Results Mean?

Most people only care about "where is this IP", but the other fields carry just as much useful information. Here is what each one means:

• IP Address: The target IPv4 or IPv6 address. When checking your own connection, this is the public address your network uses to reach the internet.
• Country/Region: Based on WHOIS registration records and RIR (Regional Internet Registry) data. Country-level results are generally reliable.
• Region/State: The administrative region assigned when the IP block was registered. Note that this is not real-time GPS tracking — it reflects where the ISP's IP pool is registered. Some IPs may show a blank or abbreviated value.
• City: The city-level location of the IP block. Because ISPs often register IP pools in major cities or backbone hubs, the result may differ from the city you actually live in.
• Postal Code: A reference postal code provided by the database based on the city, usually accurate to the city-center level.
• Latitude/Longitude: Approximate coordinates of the IP's registered location, using the WGS-84 coordinate system. Depending on where the ISP registered the IP pool, the offset from your real position can range from a few kilometers to tens of kilometers.
• Organization (Org): The ISP or organization that owns the IP, e.g. "Comcast", "Verizon", "Google LLC", "Alibaba Cloud". This field is great for judging whether an IP belongs to a home broadband connection, an enterprise line, a cloud server or a data center.
• Timezone: The standard timezone of the IP's location, e.g. "America/New_York", "Europe/London". Useful for cross-border scheduling and analyzing server log timestamps.

IP Address Basics: Public IP, Private IP and IPv6 Explained

If you just want to find your IP, the tool above is all you need. If you are curious about what 192.168 in your results means, or why your home broadband has no public IP, read on.

What Is a Public IP? Why Doesn't Home Broadband Have One?

A public IP is an address that is uniquely identifiable on the internet, assigned by your ISP. In contrast, a private IP (e.g. 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x) is only valid inside a local network.

Because IPv4 addresses have run out, ISPs widely use CGNAT (Carrier-Grade NAT), which lets many customers share one public IP exit. This is why many home broadband connections do not have their own public IP. If you need remote access to devices at home, want to host a server, or need port forwarding, the lack of a public IP can be a real problem.

Dynamic IP vs Static IP: How to Choose

By how they are assigned, IP addresses fall into dynamic and static:

For most users, a dynamic IP is perfectly fine. If you need a fixed entry point for remote access, hosting or game servers, ask your ISP for a static IP, or use DDNS (Dynamic DNS) to bind your changing IP to a fixed hostname.

IPv4 vs IPv6: Why Do We Need IPv6?

IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses, with a theoretical limit of about 4.3 billion — already exhausted. IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses, effectively unlimited, and is the fundamental solution to address exhaustion.

Broadband networks worldwide are gradually adopting IPv6. Use the IPv6 address lookup feature on this site to check whether IPv6 is enabled on your connection. If your device gets both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address, your network supports dual-stack.

How to Tell a Residential IP from a Data Center IP

When looking up an IP, the "Organization (Org)" field helps you classify it:

• Residential IP: Org shows an ISP such as Comcast, AT&T or BT — usually home broadband or mobile data, and the cleanest type of IP.
• Data Center IP: Org shows Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and similar — a cloud server or CDN node.
• Proxy/VPN IP: Some advanced lookup services flag whether an IP belongs to a proxy, VPN or Tor node.

To test IP reputation, cross-check multiple data sources and pay attention to the ASN ownership information.

IP Lookup Deep Dive: Accuracy, Proxy Detection and Common Misconceptions

Here are the most frequently asked questions about IP location accuracy and proxy detection. First, one important note: IP geolocation is a database lookup, not a position fix. City-level accuracy is the norm — any "IP tracking" ad that promises street-level precision is not to be trusted.

Can IP Geolocation Pinpoint a Street Address?

No. IP geolocation is based on the registration information ISPs submitted when they applied for their IP blocks, so it can usually only reach city level, sometimes district level. Country and state/province level is the most reliable.

Any service claiming to locate an IP down to a street, apartment block or door number is either false advertising or uses other questionable means (such as cell tower triangulation or WiFi fingerprinting) — unrelated to public IP lookup on this site.

Why Do Different Websites Show Different Results for the Same IP?

Because different IP lookup websites use different databases. Common IP geolocation databases include:

• ipinfo.io: An international standard database covering the whole world, with high accuracy for international IPs.
• MaxMind GeoIP: A commercial database used by many CDNs and security vendors.
• IP2Location: Another commercial database supporting advanced features like ASN and proxy detection.

This site uses the global IP database (ipinfo.io) as its data source to give you results based on an international standard.

How Do I Detect Whether an IP Is Hidden Behind a Proxy or VPN?

If you suspect an IP has gone through a proxy or VPN, try these quick checks:

• Compare results across tools: If different lookup sites disagree wildly and the location looks like a data center or proxy exit, it was likely proxied.
• Check the Org field: If it shows a data center (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud) instead of a home ISP, it may be a proxy exit.
• Check for WebRTC leaks: Some proxy software only proxies HTTP traffic, while WebRTC can expose your real local IP.

How Do I Quickly Tell if an IP Is Suspicious?

When server logs are full of unfamiliar IPs, screen them in three steps: first check the location and ISP (is it a data center or proxy exit?), then check public blacklists such as Spamhaus or AbuseIPDB, and finally review whether the request pattern matches normal users. This site handles the geolocation part; for blacklist data, pair it with a professional security platform.