Free IP Address Lookup – What Is My IP Address

This post will show you how to use an IP address lookup tool to find out your IP address or verify someone’s IP address.

What is an IP Address

An IP address is simply a special number used to identify your device on the internet or local network. It’s your virtual address and it allows your computer to be identified by other computers connected on the web via the Internet protocol.

How to Find Your IP Address

Finding your IP address can be super easy. There are many tools and resources that help you look up your IP address. The easiest way is to Google “my IP address” and you’re good to go.

If you prefer to get more details about your IP address, you can go to a third-party tool, such as NordVPN IP Address Lookup (it’s completely free). This can provide detailed information associated with your IP address, including your country, region, postcode, and city.

How to Hide Your IP Address (And Why You Should Do It)

When you’re browsing through the internet, that website you visited and the server it’s on know your IP address, and your internet service provider (ISP) also keeps a record of your IP address activity. If you want to enjoy more privacy and not have websites and random people track it, you would definitely need a VPN (which stands for ‘virtual private server’).

A VPN like NordVPN hides your IP address from prying eyes. It encrypts all your internet activity, masks your IP address, and ensures your personal data stays secure. When you connect to a VPN server, all your online activity will then be associated with that IP address instead of yours. In this way, you can bypass censorship and surveillance easily.

Our favorite VPN is NordVPN. It’s fast and cheap, and – most importantly – it will keep your IP address hidden.

Keeping your IP address private is especially useful if you do a lot of torrenting. All the major studios actively track the IP addresses of the computers illegally downloading their works. They then contact the associated internet service providers (ISPs) and get them to trace that IP address back to you. In many countries, ISPs are legally obligated to tell the studios who you are. And even in countries where they’re not legally obligated, many ISPs will share your details anyway, simply because it’s easier.

If you plan to download copyrighted material, you should definitely use a VPN so you can’t be tracked and prosecuted. So if you haven’t chosen a VPN service yet, try NordVPN. It’s one of the most powerful VPN services available and it’s super easy to use!

1. Download and install NordVPN.
2. Choose your plan and log into your account.
3. Click the Quick connect button at the bottom of the map, then the app will automatically choose a server that suits you best.
   Or you can manually select a server to evade the block.
   

Now you can surf anonymously and securely!

What can Someone Do with My IP Address?

As we’ve mentioned above, your ISP, the site you visited and its web server know your IP address; and when you send an email, the email header contains your IP address… So you might wonder what might happen when someone gets hold of your IP address. Can someone track your physical address and your identity from an IP address? Well, this is possible but not for everyone.

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) assign the IP addresses to each individual user and they usually keep logs of that. So ISPs can provide an exact physical address based on an IP. However, without a police warrant or any legal document, they won’t turn over any information. So rest assured. Even if someone knows your IP address, without a warrant, there’s little chance they can use it to track you down.

What about an IP address lookup tool, IP checker, or IP locator? Firstly, while these tools appear in different names, they are essentially the same. Most IP address lookup tools you can find online are designed to find your IP address and your IP geolocation.

There is no IP address database that can provide the exact location based on an IP address. What you can expect from an IP address lookup is – getting the name of the city where the person lives. But that’s it.

Sure, you might run into sites claiming that they can get you that exact location, such as iplocation.net. After you enter the IP address, you get some GPS coordinates. However, it’s actually pointed to the place where the ISP’s servers are kept. That’s the deal – your best bet is getting the IP address belonging to the ISP and locating their servers.

By Ellie Zhuang

Ellie has been writing about technology since 2019. Her early passion for adventure novels, games, and videos fueled a deep curiosity for solving real-world puzzles.

Writing gives her a chance to nourish this curiosity, allowing her to delve deep into the vast depths of the internet, emerging with treasure troves of information and then sharing her findings with people who need the information to solve their everyday challenges.

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