3 homepage: https://webinstall.dev/vps-myip
5 VPS My IP answers the question "what's my IP address?"
7 `vps-myip` will contact ipify.org to tell you your IP addresses:
9 1. `api.ipify.org` for your IPv4 or A address
10 2. `api6.ipify.org` for your IPv6 or AAAA address
16 IPv4 (A) : 136.36.196.101
17 IPv6 (AAAA): 2605:a601:a919:9800:f8be:f2c4:9ad7:9763
20 ### What is an IP address?
22 An IP or Internet Protocol address is basically the phone number of your
25 Whenever you visit a domain - such as https://google.com - the `google.com` part
26 is _resolved_ to the IP address using, quite literally, the internet's Contacts
29 ### How to get your IP address?
31 Due to how complex networking can be, the most reliable way to get your IP
32 address is basically to "make a call" to another server and ask it to tell you
33 what shows up on the "called id", as it were.
35 _IPify_ is such a service.
37 You likely have an IPv4 or A address as well as an IPv6 or AAAA address.
39 To find out your IPv4 or A address:
42 curl -s https://api.ipify.org
45 To find out your IPv6 or AAAA address:
48 curl -s https://api6.ipify.org
51 To find out either address:
54 curl -s https://api46.ipify.org
57 You can also use the `ifconfig`, `ip`, or `ipconfig` commands to figure this
58 out, but they may give you incorrect information if the network setup is complex
59 (as is the case... most of the time - home and business networks, cloud