The difference between your router-assigned local IP and your internet-facing public IP.
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Look up the public IP tied to your current connection and understand how it differs from the local address inside your home or office network.
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Public IP vs local IP
People often hear “my IP address” and assume there is only one. In practice, you usually have a local IP inside your own network and a public IP that the wider internet sees. This page is focused on that public address, because that is the one most websites and remote services care about.
This page helps clarify:
Why multiple devices in one home can still appear under a single public address.
Which address matters when websites, APIs, and firewall rules identify your connection.
Why local and public IPs differ
Your laptop or phone usually has a local address assigned by your router, but that address is not what most external services see. Your router or gateway typically uses network address translation to send many devices through a single public IP. That is why your “internet IP” often looks different from the address shown in device settings.
Why this matters in real life
Understanding the public address matters when setting up remote tools, firewall allowlists, hosting small services, or checking whether a VPN is active. If you only look at a device’s internal network settings, you may miss the address that actually matters for outside connections.
What this page can confirm
This tool confirms the address and IP version visible to websites from your current session. It is not a full networking report, but it gives you the exact external identifier most services use as their starting point when making routing or security decisions.
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