Your public IP address is how the internet sees you. The Gizmo 421 What Is My IP tool shows it instantly — along with your IPv4 or IPv6 type, city-level location, ISP, network ASN, and timezone — using public lookup services queried directly from your browser.
The address shown is the one the world sees — the public IP your router shares with every site you visit, not the private one your devices use at home (that 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x number never leaves your network). Below it you get the geolocation your ISP advertises for that address: country, region, city, coordinates, the network operator, and its ASN.
Why the location is approximate
IP geolocation is a best guess from registration databases, not GPS. It usually lands in the right region and is often close on the city, but ISPs reassign addresses constantly and the databases lag. If you are on a VPN, the tool shows the VPN’s exit location — which is exactly what you want it to show when you are checking whether the VPN works.
Common questions
Why is one panel empty? The IPv4 and IPv6 panels are queried separately over each protocol. If the IPv6 panel says \u201cno IPv6 connectivity,\u201d your network reached this site over IPv4 only \u2014 common on older routers and some mobile carriers. If only IPv6 shows, your ISP runs IPv6-only with translation. Does this show my exact address? No. IP geolocation resolves to your area, typically your city or your ISP’s hub, never your doorstep. Is my IP stored? Not by this site. The lookup goes straight from your browser to a public API; we keep no logs and have no backend to keep them on.