Network
IP lookup
Paste an IPv4 or IPv6 address to see who it belongs to: network owner, ASN, approximate location, and timezone. Leave the field empty to inspect your own connection. Queries run from our servers, so third parties don't see who's asking.
Every packet your device sends carries a return address so replies know where to come back. On the internet that address is an IP, allocated in blocks to ISPs and organizations by regional registries and announced via BGP. Looking up an IP maps the number back to the organization that announces it, its autonomous system and the rough geographic area that registry records associate with the block.
This lookup works for both the address your own connection is using right now and any IPv4 or IPv6 address you paste. The query is relayed through our servers so the information provider sees our infrastructure asking, not your browser, and nothing about the lookup is stored after the response is delivered.
What the answer tells you, with honest precision
Country-level geolocation is usually accurate because allocation and announced location correlate. City-level is an estimate derived from registry hints, latency and sometimes commercial overlays, and can be tens of kilometers off, especially for mobile, satellite and corporate proxy ranges. Treat it as the network's rough neighborhood, not a person's street.
Organization, ASN and timezone are stronger signals. ASN reveals the network operator that originates the prefix; organization names the registrant that suballocated the block; timezone and connection type help distinguish hosting ranges from eyeball ISP ranges. Together they answer whether a connection belongs to a datacenter, a university, a broadband subscriber pool or a mobile carrier, even when precise city is uncertain.
- Datacenter versus eyeball matters for abuse context: hosting ranges often represent servers, not people.
- Mobile and CGNAT ranges share one address among many subscribers at a moment in time.
- An IP identifies an attachment point an ISP can map to a customer only under lawful process; it does not by itself identify a household.
Common misuses to avoid
Geolocation is not identity. A city estimate cannot place a person at a street, and many consumers receive a different address on each reconnect. Threat assessors use IP data to reason about infrastructure, for example, whether two incidents originate from the same provider, not to draw personal conclusions.
On your own connection, the lookup reveals what strangers infer about you from the address they already see in server logs and email headers. On a foreign address, it is a piece of open routing and registration context, not privileged information.
Practical uses before trusting a network
Travelers can glance at how a hotel or café network egresses: a mismatched country or organization flags VPN or proxy traversal, while unexpected hosting labels suggest tunneled traffic. Operators can sanity-check whether abuse reports originate from known hosting automation versus residential ranges. For any sensitivity judgment, combine the lookup with the security-header view of the destination you are visiting rather than treating either signal alone as verdict.
Look up your current address, note the organization and rough location a stranger infers, and compare that mental model to the privacy you expect on the network you are about to use.
How it works
Enter an IP address, or leave the box empty to look up your own.
Geolocation data comes back from a public provider via our server.
Read ownership, rough location, and network details in one table.
Questions about this tool
How accurate is IP geolocation?
Country is usually right. City-level results are estimates derived from registry and routing data and can be tens of kilometres off. Don't use them to draw conclusions about a person.
Can someone get my street address from my IP?
No. An IP identifies a connection owned by an ISP, not a household. Only the ISP can map it to a subscriber, and only under legal process.