What is my IP address?
This is the address the internet sees for your connection, and the provider and network it belongs to. Handy when a game, support agent or port forward asks for it.
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How it works
Your public IP address is read from the request your browser just made, along with the provider and network (ASN) it belongs to and an approximate location, which is usually your provider's nearest hub rather than your home. The round trip is how long your connection takes to reach the nearest Cloudflare data centre and back. None of it is stored.
Reading your result
- IPv4 or IPv6
- Which kind of address the internet sees. Many connections have both; port forwarding usually needs the IPv4 one.
- Provider and network
- The company your traffic leaves through. If it names a VPN or your work, your traffic is going through them.
- Location
- Approximate, often a city away from you. It's how sites guess your country, not where you are.
Questions
Is my IP address the same as my router's address?
No. 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x is the router's address inside your home; the public one shown here is what the internet sees. If they differ in a way that blocks port forwarding, you may be behind your provider's shared address (CGNAT): the connection check tells you.
Why does my IP show the wrong city?
Locations come from where your provider registers its addresses, often its nearest hub. It doesn't affect your speed or lag.