These tools look up everything your IPv4 address tells the websites you visit. Each one runs over an IPv4-only connection, so you get IPv4 results even if your network also supports IPv6.
What is IPv4?
IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) is the original addressing system of the internet, in use since 1983. An IPv4 address is a 32-bit number written as four values from 0 to 255 separated by dots, for example 203.0.113.42. That allows about 4.3 billion addresses, far fewer than the number of devices online today.
The regional internet registries ran out of new IPv4 addresses during the 2010s. ISPs now stretch the remaining supply by sharing one public address between many customers (carrier-grade NAT), while the long-term fix is IPv6.
Which tool do I need?
- IPv4 address: the public address websites see. Use it for remote access, game servers, firewall allow-lists or support requests.
- Hostname: the reverse DNS name of your IP, often revealing your ISP and region.
- IP location: the approximate country and city that geolocation databases link to your IP.
- Proxy: whether your connection appears to pass through a proxy server.
- ISP: the organization your IP address is registered to.
- ASN: the autonomous system number of the network that routes your traffic.