Public vs private
Private ranges stay on your LAN. Public addresses are what websites and servers see. If this page and your router admin panel show different numbers, that is normal.
Free IP lookup tool
What Is My IP?
Your public IP address, shown instantly. No account, no install. Built for quick checks when you are setting up hosting, VPN access or firewall allowlists.
Your public IP address
216.73.216.39
IPv4
Country: US
Confirming your current public IP…
What we can see from this visit
Straight facts from the request that loaded this page. Nothing here needs an account.
- Public IP
- 216.73.216.39
- IP version
- IPv4
- Country hint
- US
From the edge network when available. Not a street address.
Browser user agent
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; [email protected])
What an IP address actually is
An IP address is how devices find each other on a network. Your phone or laptop usually has a private address at home. Your modem or mobile network then presents a public address to the rest of the internet. This tool shows that public side.
People search “what is my ip” when they need a quick number for a firewall rule, a VPN check, remote support, or to confirm they are not still on yesterday’s connection. The copy button is there so you can paste it without retyping.
VPN and mobile data
Turn a VPN on and the public IP usually changes to the VPN exit. Switch to mobile data and it changes again. Use Refresh after you change networks.
Hosting context
When you allowlist an IP on a VPS firewall or cPanel, use the public IP from this page while you are on the same connection you will use later.
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What is my IP FAQ
Short answers on public IPs, private ranges, VPNs and why the number can change.
What is my IP address?
Your public IP address is the number the internet uses to reach the network you are on right now. This page shows the address our server sees when you load it. That is usually your home or office connection, or the exit address of a VPN or mobile network.
Primary searches for this tool include “what is my ip”, “whats my ip” and “my ip address”. The number above is the answer for this visit.
What is the difference between a public and private IP?
A private IP is used inside your own network, for example 192.168.x.x on a home router. Other devices on the internet cannot reach that address directly. A public IP is the one facing the wider internet. Websites, mail servers and tools like this one see your public IP, not the private one on your laptop.
Why does my IP change?
Many Australian ISPs give you a dynamic public IP that can change when the modem reconnects, after a power cut, or when you move between Wi-Fi and mobile data. A VPN also changes the public IP this page shows, because traffic exits from the VPN provider instead of your home connection.
Is this IPv4 or IPv6?
The label next to your address says which version we received. IPv4 looks like four numbers separated by dots. IPv6 is longer and uses colons. Some networks only send one version to our server. Refresh after switching Wi-Fi or toggling a VPN if you need to check again.
Can other people see my IP from this page?
We show the address to you in your browser. We do not publish a public list of visitors. Like almost every website, our server logs can record the IP used for a request for security and abuse prevention. Treat an IP as network information, not a password.
Why would a hosting customer care about their IP?
You may need your public IP to allowlist access to a firewall, confirm a VPN is on, or compare what a remote desktop or mail client is connecting from. If you run services on Linux VPS hosting or shared cPanel hosting, knowing the client IP helps when you troubleshoot access rules with support.
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