Why does the IP here differ from the one on my router?

Many internet and mobile providers put customers behind carrier-grade NAT, so several customers share one public address. Websites see the shared public IP, which is the one shown here.

How do I know my proxy is working?

Load this page with the proxy turned off and note the IP, then turn the proxy on and reload. If the IP changes to the proxy's address (or, for a rotating gateway, an address from its pool), your browser is using the proxy.

Why is my IP shown as IPv6?

Your connection reached us over IPv6, which many home and mobile networks prefer when both are available. Most proxies are IPv4, so behind a proxy you will usually see an IPv4 address.

Do you store my IP address?

The tool does not save your IP or headers; it reads them from your request to display them. Like every website, our servers see your IP while answering the request.

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What is my IP address?

Your public IP address and the request headers every website receives from your browser. Use it to confirm that a proxy or VPN is active before you start work.

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What websites learn from your IP

Every request you make carries your public IP address. Websites look it up in geolocation and network databases to estimate your country and city, the network that owns the address and whether it belongs to a home connection, a mobile carrier or a data centre. They use that to localise prices and content, to rate-limit traffic and to score the risk of a login or a purchase.

Location

An estimate, usually accurate to the country and often to the region or city. Databases differ, so two sites may place the same IP in different cities.

Network and ASN

Which provider announces the address. That tells a site whether you are on a home ISP, a mobile carrier or a hosting provider.

Reputation

Whether the IP has a history of spam or abuse. Shared, heavily used IPs often carry a worse reputation than dedicated ones.

Headers

Your browser also sends headers such as User-Agent and Accept-Language. When they don't match the IP's location, sites notice.

How to check that your proxy is working

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Note your real IP
Open this page with the proxy off and write down the address shown.
2
Turn on the proxy
Set the proxy in your browser, extension, anti-detect profile or system settings.
3
Reload and compare
The IP should now be the proxy's exit IP. If it hasn't changed, the browser isn't using the proxy.
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Check the headers
Make sure Accept-Language and your time zone fit the proxy's location, and that no Via or Forwarded header reveals the proxy.

Testing a list of proxies instead? The proxy checker tests up to ten at once from our server and shows each one's exit IP and latency.

IPv4 and IPv6

IPv4 addresses look like 203.0.113.10; IPv6 addresses look like 2001:db8::10. When your network supports both, your browser may reach websites over IPv6, so you can have two public addresses at once. Most websites and almost all proxies still work over IPv4, which is why a proxy usually shows an IPv4 exit address here.

Frequently asked questions

It is the address websites see when you connect to them. Your router or mobile carrier shares it across the devices behind it, so it is different from the private address (such as 192.168.x.x) your computer has on your home network.

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