The Hidester IP locator

is a powerful real-time IP finder tool

Instantly find out your IP address location – it even tells you which browser you’re using!

F.A.Q.

This free IP tool gives you the answer to questions like:

“ What’s my IP location? “

“ “ I want to find my IP address “

“ “Where is my IP?”

The Hidester IP locator is a powerful real-time IP (Internet Protocol) finder tool. Instantly find out your IP address location (includes IP geolocation functionality) – it even tells you which browser you’re using!

Want to hide your IP Address?

Hidester offers you 3 easy ways

Hidester web proxy

Using the free web proxy couldn’t be simpler. Just type in the website address, and Hidester will fetch the website for you. Instead of you visiting it directly and leaving evidence (including your IP address), Hidester does it for you, keeping you and your location anonymous. The web proxy is browser-based, so if you want even more security then use our VPN (below).

Use our powerful VPN service

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a program that encrypts all your traffic (including programs and applications) and routes it through one of Hidester’s private servers. Your ISP or anyone trying to spy on you will see that you’ve connected to the VPN – but nothing else. It’s like they’ve seen you get in a car, but they have no way of knowing where you’ve gone. There’s no log or anything that could compromise your activity. A VPN also protects you when using public Wi-Fi, so you stay anonymous even when you have to connect to an external source.

Choose a public anonymous proxy

This enables you to take control and configure your online privacy. Filter by levels of anonymity (elite, anonymous, transparent), location, type (http, https, SOCKS4, SOCKS5), speed, port, Google proxy. All our listed proxies are fully tested and assessed prior to upload.

What is an IP address?

Every machine or device connected to the internet has its own IP address. This is a unique identifier that enables you to send and receive data specific to you. Things like the local news, weather, and advertising. Sent data is split into ‘packets’ which are ‘read’ by gateway computers and then passed on through various routes until they arrive at the destination computer.

If your computer is behind a router or proxy server, the IP address is that of the router or proxy. Devices that don’t need a public IP address, for example a printer, will be assigned a private IP. That means only people within its network, for example at a workplace, can print from it.

Types of IP address

You either have an IPv4 address or IPv6.

IPv4 is the older type of IP. It uses 32 binary bits to create a unique address, and is divided into two parts: network and host. These usually appear as dotted decimal notation, and are between 0 and 255.

Before the internet became popular, IPv4 was more than enough for the number of users at the time. However, once people and companies started accessing the internet in the 1990s, staying with IPv4 would have meant the network would have reached full capacity (IPv4 offered around 4.3 billion addresses).

In response, IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering Taskforce (IET). The IET is an international non-profit organisation. Members are dedicated to creating and promoting internet standards, including for IPs. IPv6 uses 128 binary bits, which offers near-limitless connections.

Does my IP address change?

This depends on whether you have a static IP address or a dynamic IP address.

Static IP address

Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) assigns this to you on a permanent basis. Nowadays it’s more common among web servers, or organisations that need the same IP address. You’ll need to configure machines to use a static address. However, you’ll need a solid understanding of TCP/IP, to avoid potential network conflicts.

Dynamic IP address

This is assigned to you by your ISP, and regularly changes. For example, when you reboot (switch it off and on) your router. ISPs will also change your IP address regularly, sometimes while you’re online.

I have a message saying duplicate/conflict IP found

This may because your dynamic IP address changed, either automatically or because you’ve reconnected your server (for example, turning it off and on again). Your machine will usually reconfigure automatically and the message should go away within a few seconds.