Enter any IPv4, IPv6 or hostname to instantly find its country, city, ISP, timezone, proxy status and precise map location.
United States (OH) IP geolocation is the process of mapping an IP address to a real-world location — typically a country, region, city, postal code and approximate latitude/longitude. The technology works by cross-referencing IP address blocks against large databases that record how regional internet registries (ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC and AFRINIC) have allocated IP ranges to organisations, supplemented by BGP routing data, active probing and ISP-reported registration records. The result is an estimate, not a GPS fix, but it is accurate to the city level for most residential and business broadband connections. Use our What Is My IP tool if you simply want to check your own current IP address and location at a glance.
IP geolocation differs from a basic IP lookup in depth: beyond the address itself, a full geolocation query returns the ISP, autonomous system number, timezone, currency, proxy and hosting flags, and coordinates for map display — all of which this tool provides in real time for any IPv4 address, IPv6 address or resolvable hostname.
Country-level accuracy is very high for IPv4 — typically above 99%. City-level accuracy is lower, usually between 60% and 85% depending on region, ISP and connection type. Accuracy is highest for fixed residential broadband where ISPs register IP blocks close to their customers, and lowest for mobile networks, satellite connections and corporate VPN or MPLS networks where the registered address of the network block may be far from the actual user. The latitude and longitude shown represent the estimated centre of a coverage area, not the physical location of a specific device or household. For investigating the network owner rather than the geographic location, use our ASN Lookup to explore the full Autonomous System that controls any IP range.
The What Is My IP tool auto-detects your own current public IP address and displays your connection details without any input required — it is designed for the single question "what is my IP right now?" The IP Geolocation tool on this page is designed for any IP address: enter a third-party IP, a competitor's server address, a suspicious hostname or any other target and retrieve its full geographic and network profile. Both tools use the same underlying geolocation database and display the same fields, but the geolocation tool is query-driven rather than self-detecting.
The Proxy / VPN flag indicates that the queried IP address is associated with a known VPN service, commercial proxy, Tor exit node or other anonymisation network. This is detected by comparing the IP against curated lists of VPN provider infrastructure, datacenter ranges commonly used by proxy services and actively maintained threat intelligence feeds. Websites and applications use this flag to distinguish legitimate human users from anonymised or automated traffic, enforce geographic content restrictions, or apply additional verification steps. To inspect what security headers your own connection sends to web servers, try our HTTP Headers tool.
Yes. Enter any domain name (such as example.com) in the search box above. The tool automatically resolves it to an IP address via DNS and then runs the geolocation query against that IP. The result shows where the server hosting that domain is physically located — which may differ from where the domain owner is based. For a full breakdown of a domain's DNS records including A, MX, CNAME, NS and TXT entries, use our DNS Lookup tool. To see who registered the domain and when it expires, use our WHOIS Lookup.
Several factors cause geolocation to display a city or region different from the physical location of the device using that IP. ISPs frequently register large IP blocks against their headquarters or a major regional hub rather than against individual exchange points. Mobile carriers aggregate connections through a small number of gateways that may be hundreds of kilometres from the handset. Corporate networks route all traffic through a central office regardless of where employees are located. VPNs and proxies deliberately place the registered IP in a different city or country. These are normal characteristics of how IP allocation works — not errors in the database. The Ping Test tool can help verify actual network latency to any host independently of geolocation estimates.
A complete geolocation response covers: country and country code, region and region code, city and district, postal code, latitude and longitude (shown on the interactive map), timezone and UTC offset, ISP and organisation name, AS number and AS name, reverse DNS hostname, currency of the registered country, and boolean flags for mobile, proxy/VPN and hosting/data-centre connections. All of these are displayed in the expandable Full Geolocation Details panel above. To investigate the AS number further, use our ASN Lookup. To verify the hostname via PTR record, use our Reverse DNS tool.
Yes. Enter any valid IPv6 address and the tool returns full geolocation data. IPv6 geolocation accuracy may differ from IPv4 in some regions — IPv6 blocks are newer and sometimes less comprehensively registered against geographic areas in commercial databases, particularly where IPv6 adoption is more recent. The version badge on the result card indicates whether the queried address is IPv4 or IPv6. To check whether a domain supports both IPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously, run a DNS Lookup and look for both A (IPv4) and AAAA (IPv6) records.
No. Your IP address is detected only to perform the live geolocation lookup and display the result on this page. It is not stored, logged, linked to any user account or used for any advertising or tracking purpose. The geolocation data is fetched live from a third-party API on each page load and is not cached or retained. Every page visit performs a fresh lookup — there is no stored result tied to your address or any other personally identifying information.
IP geolocation is one of the most widely applied technologies on the internet. Common uses include content localisation (showing prices in local currency, auto-selecting language, surfacing region-specific news), fraud detection (flagging logins or transactions from unexpected countries), compliance and geo-blocking (restricting access based on regulatory requirements such as GDPR regions or streaming rights), CDN routing (serving users from the nearest edge node), and security research (tracing suspicious traffic back to an ISP or region for blocking and reporting). To check whether a specific port on a server is publicly reachable after configuring a firewall rule, use our Port Checker. To verify that a domain's HTTPS certificate is valid and trusted, use our SSL Checker.
An ASN (Autonomous System Number) uniquely identifies the organisation responsible for routing a block of IP addresses on the global internet. Every IP address is part of exactly one Autonomous System — typically an ISP, cloud provider, university or large corporation. The ASN and AS name in the geolocation results tell you which organisation controls the network infrastructure this IP routes through. For a complete picture of an ASN — including all its IP prefixes, country of registration and peering relationships — use our dedicated ASN Lookup tool.
Convixy offers a full suite of free network and web utilities alongside IP geolocation: