Your device can have a private address on a home network while a website observes a different connection address. The first example, 192.168.1.10, is in the private IPv4 range. The second, 203.0.113.7, is reserved for documentation and is not a real public server in this example.
Example input
192.168.1.10
203.0.113.7Expected result
192.168.1.10 → RFC 1918
203.0.113.7 → TEST-NET-3 (RFC 5737)Try it step by step
- Compare the two example addresses with their classifications below.
- Open the connection checker to see the address observed for this connection.
- Compare that result with your device network settings. If you use a VPN or proxy, consider that the site may observe its exit address.
How to read the result
For IPv4, private ranges are 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12 and 192.168.0.0/16. A router can translate private addresses to an external address, and an ISP can add another translation layer. An address outside those three ranges is not automatically globally reachable; other special-use ranges exist.
Limits and important details
An IP address does not uniquely identify a person or prove a precise physical location. The checker reports the address used by this connection, not every address on your device. The documentation address is deliberately reserved and is never presented as the visitor address.