What is my IP address location?

IPLocator detects your public IP address and shows its location — including city, country, region, ISP and coordinates on a map — automatically when you visit the page.

How do I find the location of an IP address?

Enter any IPv4 or IPv6 address in the search box on IPLocator and click Look Up. The tool will show the IP's country, city, ISP, timezone and location on a map instantly.

How accurate is IP address location?

Country-level accuracy is nearly always correct. City-level is typically within 25–50 miles. Exact street address is never available from an IP address alone — ISPs control the location data.

What is the difference between IPv4 and IPv6?

IPv4 addresses look like 192.168.1.1. IPv6 addresses are longer, like 2001:4860:4860::8888, and were introduced because the world ran out of IPv4 addresses. IPLocator supports both.

Can websites see my IP address location?

Yes. Every website you visit can see your public IP address and use it to approximate your location. A VPN hides your real IP by replacing it with the VPN server's IP.

How do I hide my IP address?

Use a VPN (Virtual Private Network). A VPN replaces your real IP with one from the VPN server, hiding your location and encrypting your internet traffic.

Does my IP address change?

Most home internet connections use a dynamic IP that changes periodically when your router reconnects. Businesses often pay for a static IP that never changes.

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Networking · 5 min read · May 25, 2026

How to Find the IP Address of Any Website

Every website has an IP address behind its domain name. Here's how to find it using built-in tools on Windows, Mac, and Linux — no software needed.

Every domain name like google.com or github.com is actually a human-readable alias for an IP address. When you type a URL into your browser, your computer silently translates it to an IP address using DNS (Domain Name System) before making the connection. This translation is called a DNS lookup.

Here's how to see the IP address behind any website, using tools already on your computer.

Method 1: Using Ping (Windows, Mac, Linux)

The ping command sends a test packet to a server and shows you its IP address in the process. Read our full ping guide →

On Windows:

Press Win + R, type cmd, press Enter
Type: ping google.com
The IP address appears in brackets in the first line

On Mac or Linux:

Open Terminal
Type: ping -c 1 google.com

Example output:

PING google.com (142.250.80.46): 56 data bytes

The number in brackets — 142.250.80.46 — is the IP address.

Method 2: Using nslookup (Most Detailed)

nslookup is a DNS lookup tool built into Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's more informative than ping.

On Windows (Command Prompt):

nslookup google.com

On Mac/Linux (Terminal):

nslookup google.com

Example output:

Server:  8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    google.com
Address: 142.250.80.46

You'll see both the DNS server used for the lookup and the resolved IP address.

Looking Up Specific Record Types

DNS has different record types. You can query them directly:

nslookup -type=A google.com      # IPv4 address
nslookup -type=AAAA google.com   # IPv6 address
nslookup -type=MX google.com     # Mail server
nslookup -type=NS google.com     # Name servers

Method 3: Using dig (Mac and Linux)

dig is more powerful than nslookup and preferred by network professionals.

dig google.com

The IP appears in the ANSWER SECTION:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com.     300     IN      A       142.250.80.46

For a cleaner output showing just the IP:

dig +short google.com

Method 4: Online Lookup Tools

If you prefer not to use the command line, you can enter any domain into IPLocator to look up its IP address and see detailed location, ISP, and network information.

Why Do Large Sites Have Multiple IP Addresses?

If you run ping google.com multiple times, you might get a different IP each time. This is normal — large websites use multiple servers and load balancers spread across data centres worldwide. DNS returns different IPs to distribute traffic across them.

This is called DNS round-robin or Anycast routing. It's how Google, Cloudflare, and other high-traffic sites stay fast and available globally. Read more about how DNS works →

What Can You Do With a Website's IP Address?

Once you have a website's IP, you can:

Geolocate the server — find out which country/city the server is hosted in using IPLocator
Identify the hosting provider — useful for reporting abuse or understanding infrastructure
Bypass DNS for testing — connect directly to an IP to test if a domain issue is DNS-related
Trace network path — use traceroute (Mac/Linux) or tracert (Windows) to see every hop between you and the server
Ping the server — check if a server is reachable →

Reverse Lookup — Finding the Domain from an IP

You can also go the other direction — from IP to domain:

nslookup 142.250.80.46

Or with dig:

dig -x 142.250.80.46

This performs a reverse DNS lookup. It doesn't always return a clean domain name — many IPs resolve to generic server hostnames — but it's useful for identifying who owns an IP address.

CDN and Cloudflare IPs

Many websites sit behind a CDN (Content Delivery Network) like Cloudflare. In these cases, the IP you find will belong to Cloudflare's infrastructure, not the actual origin server. The real server IP is hidden intentionally for security and performance.

You can identify Cloudflare IPs by looking them up at IPLocator — the ISP field will show "Cloudflare" or similar.

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