What Is My IP?

Check a VPN exit

Take a baseline before connecting to your VPN, then refresh. The visible address and network can change to the exit route. This check cannot certify that every application uses the VPN.

Prepare a support ticket

A dated network report gives support a starting point without a long explanation. Include your exact IP only in a private ticket when the recipient needs it.

Understand hotel or mobile Wi-Fi

The city can describe the provider’s route rather than the room you are in. Use a location tool with permission if you need your physical position.

Investigate a developer connection

Compare the browser timezone, IP estimate and connection details when troubleshooting. An ASN identifies a network, but does not necessarily name your internet provider.

Hide details and deliberate copying

Hide details masks the public address, exact location, baseline addresses, WebRTC candidates and JSON values together. Copy visible JSON follows that setting. Copy IP is a separate, explicitly labelled action that always copies the real address.

One connection, one address family

A browser may prefer IPv6 for this request even when IPv4 also works. Seeing one family does not mean the other is unavailable. We do not claim to test both routes with a single request.

Timezone and language comparisons

Timezone aliases are normalized before comparison. A language-region mismatch can simply mean you prefer another language; a timezone difference can reflect travel, device settings or network routing. Neither identifies a person or proves fraud.

Optional WebRTC inspection

The check lists public, local or reserved addresses and privacy-preserving hostnames when the browser exposes them. A public candidate different from the lookup deserves investigation, but may reflect multiple interfaces or routing. The result is observational, not a security certificate.

Branded exports and a temporary baseline

Download PNG for a readable report, JSON for structured troubleshooting or text for a ticket. Reports include the lookup time and ClockTools link. The baseline is not a saved history: it disappears when this page reloads.

Why can a whole household share one public IP?

An IP address is a routing identifier, not a name tag. Inside a home network, a phone and a laptop can have different private addresses while their outgoing traffic uses one public IPv4 address. Network address translation, or NAT, maps those conversations so replies find their way back.

RFC 1918 reserves private IPv4 space for internal networks. Seeing 192.168.x.x in router settings is therefore not a contradiction when our lookup shows another address. A public lookup sees the route reaching the website, not every device behind the router.

The extra layer: carrier-grade NAT

Some providers share public IPv4 capacity across multiple customers using carrier-grade NAT. RFC 6598 defines 100.64.0.0/10 as shared address space for this purpose; it is distinct from the private ranges in RFC 1918.

If a router’s WAN address differs from the public address, shared routing is one possible explanation, alongside other network arrangements. Our page cannot diagnose your router or confirm CGNAT from the public request alone. Ask your provider before assuming that an inbound connection or port-forwarding rule should work.

How did IPv6 change the conversation?

IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses; IPv6 uses 128 bits. That expansion supports a vastly larger address space, but migration is not a single worldwide switch. Networks, devices and services can support both families while choosing a particular route for each connection.

The modern IPv6 specification is RFC 8200, published in 2017, building on earlier IPv6 standards. IPv4 and IPv6 still coexist. The address family shown here describes this request, which is more useful than treating an IPv6 label as a guarantee about every service you visit.

Why does an address change while the device stays the same?

Providers may assign dynamic addresses, renew leases or route mobile traffic through shared gateways. Changing a connection or VPN can change the address without changing the device. A static address is a provider or network arrangement, not a setting this page can create.

An autonomous system number, or ASN, identifies a network participating in internet routing. The organization associated with it can be a carrier, hosting provider, business or VPN network. It is not necessarily the company you pay for home internet.

IP geography is a clue, not a pin on your doorstep

An IP location estimate associates a network address with geography. It does not turn a website into a GPS receiver. Mobile gateways, corporate networks and VPN exits can produce a city or timezone far from your physical location.

Use country and organization as context, and treat city and coordinates with caution. An IP mismatch alone cannot establish where a person lives. In documentation, reserved examples such as 203.0.113.42 illustrate address formats without publishing somebody’s real connection.