IP address lookup
Where an IP address appears to be, which network runs it, and how precise that guess really is.
Location
Network
How accurate is this?
The accuracy radius above is MaxMind’s own estimate, and it is the number worth reading. A radius of 1,000 km means the database knows the country and little else. City-level results are usually right for fixed broadband in large towns, and often wrong for mobile networks, VPNs, satellite links and corporate connections, which can place you in another city or country entirely.
Where this comes from
Looked up against a MaxMind GeoLite2 database held on our own server. The address you type is not sent to any third party, and no record is kept of what was looked up.
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Why is the location wrong?
Because an IP address does not carry a location. Databases infer one from where a block is registered and where its traffic appears to come from, which is a guess that works better in some places than others.
Mobile networks often route a whole region through one city. VPNs show the exit server, by design. Satellite and corporate networks can appear hundreds of kilometres away. Check the accuracy radius: if it is large, the database is telling you it does not really know.
Can this find someone’s street address?
No, and nothing else can either. The best case is a city, and even that is often wrong. Anything claiming a street address from an IP alone is guessing or lying. Only the internet provider can link an address to a subscriber, and they need a legal order to hand that over.
Why does my own address show the wrong city?
Usually because your provider routes your traffic through a regional hub, so the database sees that hub rather than you. It can also lag a change: if your provider reassigned the block recently, the database may take weeks to catch up. Neither is something you can fix from your end.
What is the difference between this and the IP WHOIS lookup?
This estimates where an address is used. The IP WHOIS lookup shows who it is registered to and which network announces it — facts published by the registries rather than inferred. If you want to know who to contact about an address, use WHOIS; if you want a rough idea where it is, use this.
How often is the data updated?
MaxMind publish GeoLite2 updates weekly, and our server refreshes its copy every three days. So the data is never more than about a week behind, which is as current as free IP geolocation gets.