My IP address

What is my IP address?

This is the public IP that websites see when you connect, with its location and network. Check it before and after connecting a VPN or proxy to see whether it works.

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What your IP address shows

Your public address
The address your connection uses when it reaches websites. The 192.168.x.x addresses of devices behind your router are private and are never seen by websites.
Location and network
The country and city the address is registered to, and the ISP and ASN that operate it. These tell you whether it is a home broadband line, a mobile network or a data center.
Checking a VPN
Check once before and once after you connect. If the address, country and network change to those of the VPN server, your traffic is going through the VPN.

How to check your IP

Open this page and your own public IP is looked up automatically.
Note the address, country and network shown at the top.
Connect your VPN or proxy, then press Check again. If the address, country and network changed, your traffic is leaving through the VPN or proxy.
To check from a terminal or a server, run curl https://www.anbovpn.com/ip (irm in Windows PowerShell).

All fields explained

Some fields appear only when the data provider returns them; the free data plan returns fewer fields than the paid ones.

IP address: The address that was looked up. IPv4 and IPv6 are supported; if you leave the box empty, your own public IP is looked up.
Usage type badge: Shown at the top right. It describes what the network is used for, such as residential broadband, mobile, data center or enterprise — not whether the address is public or private.
Country: The country the address is registered to.
State / province (Region): The state, province or region inside the country.
District (District): A finer administrative area. It is empty for some countries.
City: The city the address is mapped to. For VPN, proxy and data center addresses it may point to where the servers are.
Coordinates: Latitude and longitude for reference. Accuracy depends on the type of address.
ZIP / postal code: The postal code of the mapped area. Not every region has one.
Time zone: The IANA time zone name with its UTC offset.
ASN: The autonomous system number, written like AS174. It identifies the network that announces the address.
ASN name: The organization name of that autonomous system.
ISP: The internet service provider, carrier or cloud provider that operates the address.
Domain: A domain associated with the address. Often empty.
Usage Type: The type of network: residential broadband, mobile, data center, enterprise, education, government, CDN and so on. It follows the type of the network the address belongs to (its AS), so an address inside an ISP's network is shown as ISP even if the address itself is used for hosting.
Address Type: How the address is used, for example unicast or anycast.
Net Speed: An estimate of the connection class of the network, for example T1.
Network range / IP type: The network block (CIDR) the address belongs to, plus a native or non-native label. An address counts as native when it is not flagged as a proxy, its usage type is residential broadband or mobile, and its address type is unicast.
Risk score (Fraud Score): A 0–100 score; the higher it is, the higher the risk. The bar color follows the level.
Abuse score (Abuser Score): A rating of how often this IP's network was recently seen in abuse such as spam or scanning. It is shown when the risk score above is not available, and it is a different measure from the Fraud Score.
Proxy / VPN / Tor / Data center: Whether the address is flagged as a proxy, a VPN, a Tor exit node or a data center range. “Proxy” is the master switch: when it is “No”, VPN, Tor and Data center are all shown as “No” and the proxy type as “No data”, so the page does not contradict itself.
Proxy type: The kind of proxy, when one is detected.

My IP address FAQ

Why is this different from the IP in my network settings?

Network settings usually show the private address your router gave the device (such as 192.168.1.5), which only works inside your home or office. This page shows the public address that websites see, assigned to your connection by your ISP.

Is it showing my IPv4 or IPv6 address?

It shows the version your browser used to reach this page. If your network supports both, browsers often prefer IPv6, so you may see an IPv6 address.

Why does it show a different country than where I am?

IP geolocation is an estimate based on network registration data, not GPS. With a VPN or proxy, or when your ISP registers the address in another city, it can differ from your real location.

How can I check my IP from a terminal?

Run curl https://www.anbovpn.com/api/tools/my-ip (or irm https://www.anbovpn.com/api/tools/my-ip in Windows PowerShell). It returns your public IP as plain text.

Does a VPN hide my IP completely?

A VPN replaces the address websites see with the VPN server's address. It does not change your account, cookies or browser fingerprint, and your VPN provider can still see your real address.

Why does my IP address change?

Most home providers assign dynamic public addresses that can change when the router restarts or after some time. Mobile networks share addresses between many users and change them often.