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IP Check
See your public IP address instantly.Shown exactly as your connection presents it. It cannot tell you who you are. IP & NetworkIP Lookup
Look up location, ISP and network details for any IP address.Data from Cloudflare Radar and ipwho.is. Country is reliable, city is an estimate. IP & NetworkPing Tool
Test whether a server is reachable and how fast it responds.Results vary with Wi-Fi quality and time of day, so run it more than once. IP & NetworkInternet Speed Test
Measure your download and upload speed.Tested against speed.myipshow.com, with a Cloudflare fallback. Results vary by connection. Website & DNSDNS Lookup
Query any DNS record type for a domain.Answers come from Google Public DNS and can be cached for the record's TTL. Website & DNSRobots.txt Analyzer
Read and check the robots.txt rules of any website.Lists crawl rules only. Robots.txt is a request to crawlers, not access control. Website & DNSUser Agent Check
See the user agent string your browser sends.Runs in your browser with no external call. The string is self-reported. SecurityVPN Check
Check whether a connection appears to be using a VPN.Gives indicators, not proof. No check can be certain a connection is masked. SecurityProxy Check
Check whether an IP address is a proxy.Gives indicators, not proof. A clean result does not rule out a proxy.Latest guides
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Why Do Streaming Services Block VPNs? Explained
What Is Robots.txt? Why You Need It
How to Fix Common VPN Connection Errors
What's a Good Internet Speed for Streaming & Gaming?
Residential Proxy vs Datacenter Proxy: What's the Difference?
What Is a Proxy Server and How Does It Work?
Why Is My Internet So Slow All of a Sudden?
Which IP Tool Should You Use?
Four of our tools look similar because they all start from an IP address. They answer different questions, so pick by what you want to know.
| Tool | Use it when | What it shows | What it cannot tell you |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP Check | You just want to know your own public IP address. | Your IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, plus the ISP, organisation, AS number and approximate location they map to. | Anything about another person's address. It reports your own connection only. |
| IP Lookup | You want details about any IPv4 or IPv6 address, such as one in a log or an email header. | Country, region, city, ISP and AS number, with a map and a note on whether the network name looks like hosting. | A street address or who the user is. Location is an estimate, not GPS. |
| VPN Check | You want to see whether a connection appears to be coming through a VPN or datacenter. | A verdict of likely VPN, proxy or datacenter, no VPN or proxy detected, or cannot be judged, with the evidence behind it. | Proof either way. It is an indicator based on the network name, so some VPNs go undetected. |
| Proxy Check | You want to know whether an address belongs to a hosting or proxy network rather than a home ISP. | Whether the network reads as a consumer ISP or a hosting or proxy network, and the matched word that decided it. | Whether a particular proxy is anonymous or safe. Residential proxies can look like ordinary home connections. |
All four give estimates, not certainties. See how each result is worked out in our methodology.
What Each Tool Measures and How to Read It
The tool cards above give a one-line summary. This table goes one step further: what each tool actually measures, how to read its result, and the main thing it cannot tell you.
| Tool | What it measures and how | How to read the result | Main limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP Check | Your own public IPv4 and IPv6 address as it reaches our server, with the ISP, organisation, AS number and approximate location that map to it. The lookup runs through ip.myipshow.com, which uses Cloudflare Radar and ipwho.is. | Trust the country and the network name. Treat the city as a general area, as the worked example above shows. | It reports your own connection only. Behind a VPN it shows the VPN server, not you. |
| IP Lookup | The same fields for any IPv4 or IPv6 address you enter, such as one from a server log or an email header, with a map and a note on whether the network name looks like hosting. | Check the ISP and AS number against the regional registry (APNIC, ARIN or RIPE NCC) to confirm who holds the address block. | Location is an estimate, not GPS, and it cannot tell you who the user is. |
| Ping Tool | How long HTTPS requests from your browser take to reach a server and return. It shows the median of five requests, and the first request separately because that one includes DNS, TCP and TLS setup. | Use the median for everyday response time and the first request for how long a cold connection takes. Compare runs against the same server only. | It is browser HTTPS timing, not a command-line ICMP ping, so it will not match other ping tools or the speed test latency. |
| Internet Speed Test | Download and upload speed in Mbit/s, median and best latency, and jitter, measured against a Cloudflare server. It also shows which Cloudflare location answered and how much data the run used. | Run it more than once. Download matters for streaming and downloads, upload for calls and backups, latency and jitter for gaming and video calls. The benchmarks below give reference points. | Results move with Wi-Fi quality, device load, server distance and time of day. Our own test runs used 42 to 52 MB each. |
| DNS Lookup | Asks a DNS resolver for a domain's A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SOA or CAA records and shows the answer as returned. | If a record looks wrong or has just changed, compare the answer with dig or a second public resolver before acting on it. |
Resolvers cache records for the time set in the TTL, so answers can differ briefly after a change. |
| Robots.txt Analyzer | Fetches a website's robots.txt file and lists its crawl rules. | Look for rules that block pages you want crawled, and read unfamiliar rules against RFC 9309 and Google's robots.txt documentation. | Robots.txt is a request to well-behaved crawlers, not access control, so it never protects private pages. |
| User Agent Check | The User-Agent header your browser sends with every request, which names the browser, its version and the operating system. | Use it to confirm what a website sees, for example when debugging a layout problem or checking a request. | The string is self-reported, and extensions or some browsers change or shorten it. |
| VPN Check | Whether a connection appears to come through a VPN or datacenter, judged from the network name, with the evidence shown. The verdict is likely VPN, proxy or datacenter; no VPN or proxy detected; or cannot be judged. | Read a "likely" verdict as a strong hint and "not detected" as only meaning nothing obvious was found. | It is an indicator, not proof, and some VPNs go undetected. |
| Proxy Check | Whether an address belongs to a hosting or proxy network rather than a home ISP, and which matched word decided it. | A hosting-network match is a reason to look closer, not a verdict on the person using it. | Residential proxies can look like ordinary home connections, and it cannot say whether a proxy is anonymous or safe. |
Sources, standards and the reasoning behind each tool are listed in the methodology section below.
What Is an IP Address?
An IP address is the number your internet provider assigns to your connection so data knows where to return. These guides explain how it works, what it reveals and how to read it.
What Is My IP Address and Why Does It Matter?
Your IP address is the number your internet provider gives your connection so data knows where to come back to. Websites read it to work out your rough location and provider.
Public vs Private IP
Every connection has two addresses: a private one your router gives each device inside the home, and a single public one the internet sees. The public address reveals your approximate city, region and provider.
Static vs Dynamic IP
A dynamic IP is reassigned by your provider and changes over time, while a static one stays fixed. Home and mobile connections are dynamic by default, and a static address is usually a paid extra.
IPv4 vs IPv6
IPv4 uses four dotted numbers like 203.0.113.45, and IPv6 uses colon-separated groups like 2001:db8::1. IPv4 ran out of new allocations in 2011, and most connections now carry both.
What Does Your IP Address Reveal About You?
On its own, an IP address shows an approximate city or region, your internet provider and your connection type. It does not show your name or street address; profiles come from cookies, fingerprinting and logins added on top.
What Is My IP Location?
Your IP location is an estimate drawn from network records, not GPS, so it points to your provider's network area rather than your home. Country is the most reliable field and city the least.
Example: How to Read a Result
An IP lookup returns several fields, and they are not equally trustworthy. Here is one sample result, taken apart field by field, so you know which parts to rely on and which to treat as a rough guess.
This address sits in a range reserved for documentation (RFC 5737), so it never belongs to a real person or connection. The values below are made up to show the format, not the output of a real lookup.
Country
Bangladesh (BD)Addresses are allocated to providers by country, so this is the most dependable field. It can still be wrong if the connection runs through a VPN or proxy, because then you see the exit server's country instead of the user's.
ISP and AS Number
Example Broadband Ltd · AS64496This names the network that announces the address on the internet, and it comes from public routing records. It tells you who carries the traffic, not who the customer is. On a VPN or hosting address it shows that provider instead of a home ISP.
Region and City
Dhaka Division · DhakaCity data is inferred from network records and provider hints, not measured. It can point to the provider's hub in a nearby city, or be off by hundreds of kilometres on mobile data. Read it as a general area.
Coordinates
23.81, 90.41These are not GPS. They usually mark the middle of a city or a provider's facility, so the pin on the map can sit kilometres from where the device actually is. Never use them to find a street or a building.
In short: trust the country and the network name, treat the city as a rough hint, and ignore the map pin as a precise location. The IP location guide goes deeper, and you can run a real lookup with the IP Lookup tool.
Our Own Test: With and Without a VPN
To show what the tools actually report, I ran IP Check, the Speed Test and the Ping Tool on my own connection twice within a few minutes, once through a VPN and once without. These are the unedited results.
| Measurement | VPN off | VPN on (Mozilla VPN) |
|---|---|---|
| IP Check: country and city | Bangladesh, Rajshahi | Singapore, Singapore |
| IP Check: ISP | DIGITAL SQUARE LIMITED | Mozilla Corporation |
| Cloudflare location used | DAC | SIN |
| Download | 28.5 Mbit/s | 21.4 Mbit/s |
| Upload | 49.9 Mbit/s | 18.0 Mbit/s |
| Latency (median / best) | 19 ms / 18 ms | 73 ms / 70 ms |
| Jitter | 7.3 ms | 58 ms |
| Ping Tool to google.com (median of 5) | 323 ms | 234 ms |
| Ping Tool first request (DNS, TCP, TLS) | 720 ms | 532 ms |
| Data used by the speed test | 52 MB | 42 MB |
IP Check shows the exit server
With the VPN on, the country, city and ISP all changed to the VPN server's (Singapore, Mozilla Corporation), and the speed test connected to Cloudflare's Singapore location instead of Dhaka. The tools report the connection the website sees, not the person behind it.
Latency and jitter moved the most
Median latency went from 19 ms to 73 ms and jitter from 7.3 ms to 58 ms. Upload fell from 49.9 to 18.0 Mbit/s and download from 28.5 to 21.4 Mbit/s. Jitter above 30 ms is the usual reason a call breaks up, which is why it matters for gaming and video calls.
Two tools, two different paths
The Ping Tool to google.com read lower with the VPN on (234 ms against 323 ms), even though the speed test latency was higher. The two measure different things: the Ping Tool times HTTPS requests from the browser to google.com, while the speed test times a Cloudflare server. Numbers from different tools are not comparable.
Measured on 4 October 2026 around midday, in Firefox on Windows, one run per setting. A second run gives different numbers, so treat these as one example, not a benchmark.
How Your Results Compare: Published Benchmarks
A speed or ping number only means something next to a yardstick. These reference points come from published sources, so you can judge your own result instead of guessing whether it is good.
| Measure | Reference point | What it tells you | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Download for streaming | 3 Mbps for 720p, 5 Mbps for 1080p, 15 Mbps for 4K | The download speed Netflix recommends for stable playback. Other devices on the same connection use part of your speed. | Netflix Help Center |
| Download and upload for home broadband | 100 Mbps download, 20 Mbps upload | The US FCC benchmark for fixed broadband since its 2024 report, raised from 25 Mbps download in 2015. It is a US yardstick, not a Bangladesh rule. | Broadband Breakfast on the FCC decision |
| Typical speed in Bangladesh | About 66 Mbps fixed broadband and about 43 Mbps mobile (median download, February 2026) | Where an average local connection sat in early 2026 according to Ookla's Speedtest Global Index, as reported by The Financial Express from the World Bank's Atlas of Global Development 2026. The figures change every month. | The Financial Express · Speedtest Global Index (live) |
| Latency for calls | One-way delay under 150 ms | The ITU-T G.114 figure that Cisco uses as its design target for voice. A ping reports the round trip, so as a rough guide double it: about 300 ms. | Cisco Press: QoS requirements of VoIP |
| Jitter | Average one-way jitter under 30 ms | Cisco's voice guidance, based on lab testing that found call quality degrades significantly when jitter stays above 30 ms. | Cisco Press: QoS requirements of VoIP |
Our own test against those reference points
Here are the results from the VPN test above, set against the same yardsticks.
| Measurement | VPN off | VPN on | Reference point | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Download | 28.5 Mbit/s | 21.4 Mbit/s | 15 Mbps for 4K (Netflix); 100 Mbps (FCC); about 66 Mbps Bangladesh fixed median | Both clear the 4K streaming mark, and both sit below the FCC benchmark and the Bangladesh fixed-broadband median. |
| Upload | 49.9 Mbit/s | 18.0 Mbit/s | 20 Mbps (FCC) | VPN off clears the benchmark. VPN on falls just under it. |
| Median latency | 19 ms | 73 ms | Under 150 ms one-way, about 300 ms round trip | Both are well inside the limit for calls. |
| Jitter | 7.3 ms | 58 ms | Under 30 ms | VPN off passes easily. VPN on is almost double the limit, which fits the call and gaming problems a VPN can cause. |
These figures come from different bodies for different purposes: a streaming service, a US regulator, and voice-network design guidance. Our tools also measure differently from the ones behind them, so use the numbers as a rough yardstick, not a pass or fail. Reference figures checked on 7 October 2026. Found a newer one? Tell us, or run the Internet Speed Test and Ping Tool yourself.
How Our IP Check, Proxy, VPN & Internet Speed Tools Work
Depending on the tool, results come from your browser's own connection, from our lookup service at ip.myipshow.com (which uses Cloudflare Radar and ipwho.is), from public DNS resolvers, or from public internet standards. Here is what each tool measures, where the concepts come from and what the results can and cannot tell you.
IP Check & IP Lookup
Your public IP is the address your connection presents when this page loads, shown exactly as received. It is either IPv4 (four dotted numbers) or IPv6 (colon-separated groups). ISP and network details describe who operates that address block.
Standards: RFC 791 (IPv4) · RFC 8200 (IPv6)
How accurate is IP location?
IP location is an estimate, not GPS. MaxMind reports country-level accuracy above 99% but typical city-level accuracy of only 20% to 75%. APNIC research found that geolocation databases lean on registry records, and that company mergers are a common cause of wrong locations. A VPN shows the VPN server's location instead of yours.
Sources: MaxMind accuracy guide · APNIC study
DNS Lookup
DNS Lookup asks a DNS resolver for a domain's records (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SOA, CAA) and shows the answer as returned. Results can differ briefly between resolvers because each one caches records for the time set in the record's TTL.
Standard: RFC 1035 (DNS)
Robots.txt Analyzer
The analyzer reads a site's robots.txt file and lists its crawl rules. Robots.txt is a request to well-behaved crawlers, not access control, so it never replaces real protection for private pages.
Sources: RFC 9309 (Robots Exclusion Protocol) · Google Search Central
User Agent Check
The tool displays the User-Agent header your browser sends with every request. It describes the browser, version and operating system, but the string is self-reported, so extensions and some browsers can change or shorten it.
Standard: RFC 9110 (HTTP Semantics)
Speed Test & Ping Tool
Speed and ping results are measured in megabits per second and milliseconds. The speed test runs against speed.myipshow.com and falls back to Cloudflare's speed endpoint if needed. Results change with Wi-Fi quality, device load, server distance and time of day, so run a test more than once.
VPN Check & Proxy Check
VPN and proxy checks give indicators rather than proof: no check can say with certainty that a connection is or is not masked. A clean result does not rule out a VPN or proxy, and a flagged result can be a false positive.
Check our work. To see who holds an IP address block, look the address up with the regional registry that issued it (APNIC, ARIN or RIPE NCC), and compare any DNS result with dig or another public resolver. The registry shows the block holder, which can differ from the ISP name or the estimated location, so small differences are normal.
Methodology last reviewed: . Spotted an error or an outdated source? Contact us.