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What Is My IP Address?
Your public IP address, location, ISP and timezone — detected instantly in your browser. Free, no sign-up, nothing stored.
What is my IP address?
The number at the top of this page is your public IP address — the address your internet service provider assigns to your connection and the one every website you visit can see. It is how the internet knows where to send the data you request. The address may be an IPv4 address like 203.0.113.42 or a longer IPv6 address like 2001:db8::1, depending on your network. We detect it in your browser and show the location, ISP and timezone that public databases associate with it. Need to inspect a different address, run a DNS lookup, or ping a host? Use the full network tools suite.
Public vs private IP, and why your location can look wrong
Your devices at home each have a private IP (like 192.168.1.5) that never leaves your network — only the single public IP shown here is visible to the internet, shared by everything behind your router through NAT. The location shown is an estimate from public ISP databases, not GPS: it maps your address block to a city or region and can be off by miles, especially on mobile, corporate or VPN connections. That is normal — the IP identifies your connection accurately, just not your exact spot. Working with subnets and CIDR? See the subnet calculator and the CIDR chart.
Frequently asked questions
What is my IP address?
Your IP address is the unique number your internet connection uses to send and receive data — this page shows it in the box above the moment it loads. The address displayed is your public IP, the one the rest of the internet sees, which is assigned by your internet service provider (ISP) rather than set on your own device. It may be an IPv4 address such as 203.0.113.42 or a longer IPv6 address such as 2001:db8::1, depending on your network. Alongside the address this page shows the approximate location, ISP and timezone that public databases associate with it. Detection happens entirely in your browser using a public lookup service; nothing is stored or logged on our side.
What is the difference between a public and a private IP address?
A public IP address is the single address your whole network presents to the internet, assigned by your ISP and visible to every site you visit — that is the address shown on this page. A private IP address is what your router hands out to each device inside your home or office, drawn from reserved ranges like 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x or 172.16–31.x.x, and it is never visible outside your local network. Many devices share one public IP through a process called NAT (Network Address Translation), which is why your laptop and phone can show the same public address here while having different private addresses at home. To see a device's private address you check its own network settings, not a web page, because that information never leaves your network.
What is the difference between IPv4 and IPv6?
IPv4 is the original addressing scheme, a 32-bit number written as four groups like 203.0.113.42, which allows about 4.3 billion addresses — a pool the growth of the internet has effectively exhausted. IPv6 is the newer scheme, a 128-bit address written as eight groups of hexadecimal like 2001:db8::1, providing a practically unlimited supply. Most networks now run both at once (called dual-stack), so this page may show you an IPv6 address even though plenty of services still use IPv4. Neither is better for browsing day to day; IPv6 mainly solves the address-shortage problem and removes the need for some NAT workarounds. Which one you see here depends on what your ISP and the lookup connection used at that moment.
Does this page track or store my IP address?
No. The detection runs in your browser by calling a public IP-lookup service to read back the address your connection is using, and the result is shown only to you on this page. LK Forge does not log, store or sell the address, and there is no account or sign-up. The approximate location shown comes from public ISP databases that map address ranges to a city or region; it is not GPS and is often only accurate to the city or even just the country. If you want to change the address sites see, you would use a VPN or proxy, which routes your traffic through a different server so this page would then report that server's IP instead of your own.
Why is my IP location wrong?
The location shown for an IP address is an estimate, not a precise position. It comes from public databases that map blocks of addresses to the city or region where your ISP registers them, which can be a different town — sometimes the ISP's regional hub rather than your actual home. It is never derived from GPS and does not pinpoint a street address. Mobile connections, corporate networks, and VPNs commonly show a location far from where you physically are, because the address is registered elsewhere or routed through another server. So if the city looks off by tens or even hundreds of miles, that is normal and expected — the IP correctly identifies your connection, just not your exact whereabouts.