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IP Address & Network Tools

IP tools are web-based utilities that operate on the Internet Protocol — IPv4 (RFC 791) and IPv6 (RFC 8200). The 34 tools in this collection cover five functions: geolocation and WHOIS registration lookup, network diagnostics (ping, traceroute, port testing), subnet calculation and CIDR conversion, blacklist and reputation checking, and IPv6 address manipulation. All tools execute server-side, query live data from ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, and public DNS resolvers, and return results in real time.

Most used

Your connection

What the internet sees when you connect5 tools

Look up an IP or domain

Owner, network, location and reputation of any address8 tools

Test reachability

From our server to your host4 tools

Subnets & CIDR

Plan and check address ranges4 tools

Convert & format

Change how an address is written7 tools

Check & clean lists

Validate, classify, extract, sort6 tools

Common IP Tool Workflows

IP tools are most effective when used in sequence. The table below maps the five most common investigation and diagnostic workflows, with each tool linked directly.

Workflow Tool Sequence Purpose
IP Investigation IP Lookup → IP WHOIS → IP to ASN → ASN WHOIS → Reverse DNS Trace the registered owner, network block, ASN, and hostname behind any IP address
Blacklist & Deliverability IP Blacklist → IP WHOIS → Reverse DNS Check spam and botnet listings, find the abuse contact, verify the PTR record
Network Diagnostics Ping → Port Checker → Traceroute Measure round-trip latency, test port reachability, and map the network path hop by hop
Subnet Planning Subnet Calculator → IP CIDR Checker → IP Range to CIDR Design, validate, and convert IPv4/IPv6 CIDR allocations for network planning
Proxy & Privacy Audit Proxy Checker → IP Lookup → IP Blacklist Detect masked connections, geolocate the exit IP, and check its threat status

What IP Tools Cover

Lookup and registration tools query live data from authoritative sources. IP Lookup uses commercial geolocation databases to return the approximate country, city, ISP, and ASN for any address. IP WHOIS Lookup queries the five Regional Internet Registries — ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC, and AFRINIC — via RDAP (RFC 7480) with a port-43 fallback (RFC 3912), returning the organization, network block, and abuse contact registered to an IP. IP to ASN Lookup resolves any address to its Autonomous System Number via the Cymru Team Whois service, and ASN WHOIS Lookup retrieves the full registration record for that ASN.

Network diagnostic tools send live probes from an external server. Ping sends five ICMP echo requests (RFC 792) and returns round-trip time, packet loss, and latency statistics. Traceroute maps each hop between the probe server and the target, with per-hop RTT. Port Checker opens a TCP socket (RFC 793) to any specified port on any public IPv4 or IPv6 address, returning open or closed status from a neutral external source — eliminating local firewall and NAT variables.

Calculation and conversion tools perform arithmetic on IP addresses without sending any network probes. The Subnet Calculator resolves any IPv4 CIDR block into its network address, broadcast address, usable host range, and subnet mask. The IPv6 Subnet Calculator handles 128-bit prefixes per RFC 5952. IP Range to CIDR converts a start and end address into the minimal covering set of CIDR blocks. Conversion tools — IP to Decimal, IP to Binary, IP to Hex — apply bitwise transformations to any address, supporting subnet mask analysis and packet-level debugging.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are IP tools used for?
IP tools query, analyze, and convert data about IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Network administrators use lookup tools to identify the registered owner of an IP block, diagnose connectivity with ping and traceroute, verify port reachability, and check blacklist status. Developers use subnet calculators and CIDR converters for network planning. Security teams use IP WHOIS and blacklist tools to trace spam sources and evaluate IP reputation.
How accurate is IP geolocation?
IP geolocation is approximately 99% accurate at the country level. At the city level, accuracy drops to roughly 50–75%, depending on how granularly the ISP allocates address blocks across a region. Accuracy is lower for mobile networks and VPN exit nodes, where the IP is registered to the carrier or VPN provider rather than the end user's physical location. For street-level precision, GPS or browser geolocation is required.
What is the difference between an IP lookup and an IP WHOIS lookup?
IP Lookup (geolocation) returns the approximate country, city, region, ISP, and coordinates for an IP address, drawn from commercial geolocation databases — it answers where is this IP approximately located? IP WHOIS Lookup queries the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) — ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC, or AFRINIC — via RDAP (RFC 7480) or legacy WHOIS (RFC 3912) to return the organization, network block, and abuse contact registered to that address — it answers who owns this IP block? Both tools return different data from different sources and are complementary.
Do you store the IP addresses queried through these tools?
No. All queries are processed in real time and no IP addresses entered into any tool are stored, logged, or shared. Results are not cached on the server between sessions. Each request is treated as a fresh, stateless lookup — the queried address is used only to fetch the result and is discarded immediately after the response is returned.
Why might an IP tool return no result or an error?
Common causes: (1) Private IP ranges — RFC 1918 addresses such as 10.x.x.x, 172.16–31.x.x, and 192.168.x.x — have no public WHOIS or geolocation record; use the Is Public or Private IP tool first to confirm the address type. (2) A firewall may block ICMP or TCP probes — a ping returning no response does not confirm the host is offline. (3) Some domains have no PTR record configured — a reverse DNS lookup will return NXDOMAIN if the hosting provider has not set a PTR entry for that IP.