What Is My IP Address?
Your public IP address is shown below, with its approximate location, internet provider and network. You don't need to install or click anything.
Your public IPv4 address
216.73.217.175
- Approximate location
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Internet provider (ISP)
- Amazon.com
- Organization
- Amazon Technologies Inc.
- Network (ASN)
- AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Location and network details come from the ip-api.com database. They describe where the address is registered or routed, often your provider's nearest hub, not your street address.
Your browser reached Orbit2x over IPv4. If your connection also has an IPv6 address, it isn't shown here, because each connection uses only one.
Approximate location on a map
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Coordinates 39.9612, -82.9988. The marker shows the database's location for this address, which can be many kilometres from where you are. The map is loaded from OpenStreetMap by your browser.
What This Page Shows
Every device that connects to a website has an IP (Internet Protocol) address, which tells servers where to send their replies. The address at the top of this page is your public IP address: the one your request arrived from, as seen by Orbit2x's server. It's the address every website you visit sees.
- IP address and version: whether your browser connected over IPv4 or IPv6.
- Approximate location: city, region, country, postal code and time zone from an IP geolocation database.
- Internet provider and network: the ISP, the organization the address is registered to, and its autonomous system number (ASN).
- Map: the database's coordinates, if it has them.
To look up details about a different address, use the IP address lookup tool.
How Accurate Is the Location?
Treat it as a rough area, not your address. IP geolocation databases map blocks of addresses to the place they're registered or routed. That's often correct to the country and region, frequently correct to the city, and never more precise than that. The location is commonly off when:
- you're on mobile data, where providers route traffic through a few large hubs
- you're using a VPN, proxy, Tor or a privacy feature such as iCloud Private Relay, which show the relay's location
- you're on a corporate or university network that connects to the internet somewhere else
- the address block was recently moved and the database hasn't caught up
IPv4 and IPv6
IPv4 addresses are 32-bit numbers written as four parts, like 203.0.113.25, giving about 4.3 billion possible addresses. That isn't enough for every device, which is why home networks share one public address. IPv6 addresses are 128-bit, written in hexadecimal groups like 2001:db8::25, and there are enough for every device to have its own.
Many connections have both. Each connection to a website uses one or the other, and browsers usually prefer IPv6 when it works, so this page shows the one your browser used. Specifications: RFC 791 (IPv4) and RFC 8200 (IPv6).
Public and Private Addresses
Your router gives each device at home a private address that works only on your local network. These come from ranges reserved by RFC 1918: 10.0.0.0–10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0–172.31.255.255 and 192.168.0.0–192.168.255.255. The router translates them to its single public address (this is called NAT).
Some providers add a second layer, carrier-grade NAT, which shares one public address between many customers. Their customers' routers get addresses from 100.64.0.0–100.127.255.255 (RFC 6598). Carrier-grade NAT can stop port forwarding and hosting from working at home.
When You Need Your Public IP
- Adding your address to an allow-list for a server, database, firewall or admin panel
- Setting up remote access, a game server or port forwarding, and checking which address others should connect to
- Checking that a VPN is on: the provider shown should be the VPN's, not your home provider
- Giving your address to support staff troubleshooting a connection or a block
- Spotting that your address has changed, if you rely on it staying the same
How Your Data Is Handled
Orbit2x's server reads your address from the incoming connection. To find the location and provider, it sends the address, and nothing else about you, to ip-api.com. That request isn't encrypted. The result is kept in the server's memory for up to an hour so reloading the page is quick, then discarded.
If there are coordinates, your browser loads the map library from unpkg.com and map images from OpenStreetMap, which see your IP address as part of those requests. Orbit2x's general data practices are in the privacy policy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the location wrong or in another city?
IP locations come from databases that record where address blocks are registered or routed. Many providers route customers through a hub in a larger city, mobile networks often share addresses over wide areas, and databases can be out of date. A city-level match is common; a street-level match isn't possible from an IP address alone.
Why is this different from the IP address on my computer or router settings?
Your computer usually has a private address such as 192.168.1.20 that only works inside your home network. Your router shares one public address between all your devices, and that public address is the one websites see and this page shows. If your router's "WAN" address starts with 100.64 to 100.127, your provider uses carrier-grade NAT and shares the public address with other customers too.
Does this page detect a VPN, proxy or Tor?
No. It shows the address your connection arrived from. If you're using a VPN, proxy or Tor, that's the VPN server's or exit relay's address, and the location and provider shown are theirs. That's an easy way to check your VPN is working: the provider shown shouldn't be your home internet provider.
Can someone hack me with my IP address?
An IP address alone doesn't give anyone access to your devices. It does reveal your approximate area and provider, and it can be used to send unwanted traffic to your connection, such as scans or denial-of-service floods. Keeping your router's firmware up to date, leaving remote administration off and not forwarding ports you don't need cover the common risks.
How do I change my public IP address?
Most home connections get a dynamic address, which may change when you restart your router or after a period set by your provider, though some providers keep the same address for months. Using a VPN changes the address websites see. For a fixed (static) address, ask your provider; it's usually a paid extra.