IP Address Lookup
See your public IP address and look up location, ISP, and timezone details for any IP.
Detecting your public IP…
About the IP Address Lookup
This tool shows your public IP address as seen from the internet and lets you look up details for any other IPv4 or IPv6 address. On load it requests your address from our server, which reads the client IP from the incoming connection. You can also paste an IP to inspect its country, region, city, timezone, ISP, and ASN when that data is available.
Use it when a deployment prints the wrong address in logs, when you need to confirm what IP a VPN or proxy exits from, or when you are debugging rate limits and allowlists that key off client IP. The lookup is read only: it does not change routing, DNS, or firewall rules.
Geolocation is approximate. Mobile networks, corporate NAT, and anycast can place an IP far from where the user actually sits. Treat city and region as hints, not proof of identity or location.
The request runs on our server. Your IP is sent to our server to perform the lookup. When you ask for location or ISP fields, our server queries ipapi.co with the address. Nothing is stored or logged beyond what those services see for a normal API request.
Reach developers and designers who use these tools every day. Privacy-first, no trackers.
Frequently asked questions
How does “my IP” detection work?
Our server reads the client IP from the connection, usually from X-Forwarded-For on Vercel or a similar header behind a reverse proxy. No third party is involved for detection itself. Local development may not set those headers, so manual lookup is more reliable on localhost.
Where does geolocation data come from?
When available, city, country, timezone, ISP, and ASN come from ipapi.co. If their API is rate limited or returns no data, you still see the IP address and version.
Can I look up private IPs like 192.168.1.1?
No. Private, loopback, and link-local addresses are blocked. Those ranges are not routable on the public internet, so geolocation providers have nothing useful to return anyway.
Is my IP stored?
No. Our server forwards the address to ipapi.co for the lookup and returns the result. toolhq does not keep a history of lookups.
Why does my IP not match what I see elsewhere?
VPNs, corporate proxies, carrier-grade NAT, and IPv6 privacy extensions all change what the remote server sees. Different tools may also read different headers if you are behind multiple proxies.