Your IP Address
Your IP address, on your dashboard
The Your IP Address widget keeps the public address websites see for your connection on your DashSuey board, with the town it seems to come from. Turn on "Both IPv4 and IPv6" and the two addresses sit together.
- Needs
- Nothing. It reads your connection.
- Reads from
- The connection itself, at DashSuey's host
- Updates
- When your board opens, and when you press Check again
On your board, next to the rest of your day
Your address beside a world clock, a clock and a sticky note, so the address and the town are there before a call, with nothing to search for. The board is saved to your account, so it's the same on every computer you sign in on.
Sticky Note
World Clock
Clock
Date
Every tile here is live in your browser. Type on the sticky note; it keeps what you write in this browser only.
What you can switch on
- Both IPv4 and IPv6
- The short dotted address as well as the long one. Your browser asks two outside services, one for each kind, so they see your address. Off at first.
- Location
- The city, region and country your address seems to come from. DashSuey's host already knows this from the connection, so nobody else is asked. On at first.
- Network and ISP
- The provider your address belongs to, and its AS number. DashSuey's server asks a lookup service, which sees your address. Off at first.
- Connection quality
- What the browser reports about the link: a rough class, throughput and round trip. Chrome and Edge only. On at first.
- Time zone
- What your browser is set to. When the town and the clock disagree, this is often why.
- Browser and platform
- For example Chrome on Windows, the way a bug report wants it.
- Copy and check again
- One button copies the address. Another reads it again, say after you turn a VPN on.
- Where it lives
- On your board. The switches you pick are saved with it and follow you to every computer you sign in on.
Where the address comes from
Every connection arrives from an address. DashSuey's host reads it off the connection, along with a rough place, and on the default settings that's all: nobody else is asked.
A web page can't read your local address, the one that often starts 192.168, or your MAC address. Browsers hide the local one on purpose, so sites can't use it to fingerprint people. The widget shows your public address, which is the one websites see.
What it does not do
- It doesn't test for a VPN or a leak. With a VPN on, it shows the VPN server's address.
- It doesn't show a hostname, a postal code or a map. The town is a rough guess.
- It doesn't watch in the background. It reads the address when the board opens and when you ask.
- It shows no local or MAC address. A browser can't see them.
Questions people ask
What is my IP address?
Your public IP address is the one websites and online services see when you connect. The widget shows it on your board as soon as the board loads, with a copy button beside it. For a one-off check, any what-is-my-IP site shows it too.
Is my IP address the same on all devices?
Usually, on the same network. Your router shares one public address among everything connected to it and gives each device its own private address inside your network. The widget shows the public one. On a phone hotspot, at work or in a cafe you're on a different network, so the address changes.
What is the difference between IPv4 and IPv6?
IPv4 is the short dotted address most people mean by "my IP address". IPv6 is the longer one written with colons. Many connections have both, and a website sees whichever one your browser used to reach it. Switch on "Both IPv4 and IPv6" and the widget shows the two together.
Why does my IP address show a different city?
Because the place is a guess. An IP address carries no GPS: services look it up in databases of where blocks of addresses are used, and the databases disagree. On 2026-09-28, four sites placed the same connection in four different towns. A VPN, a mobile network or a provider that routes you through another city moves the guess further.
Why does my IP address keep changing?
Most home connections get their public address on loan from the provider, which can hand out a new one, for example after the router restarts. A VPN, a phone network or a different Wi-Fi changes it too. The widget reads the address when your board loads and again when you press Check again.
Who is my internet provider?
Switch on "Network and ISP" and the widget shows the provider your address belongs to and its AS number. That row is off at first, because working it out means sending your address to a lookup service, and the switch says so.
Can it show my local IP address or MAC address?
No, on purpose. A web page can't read a MAC address, and browsers hide the local address so websites can't use it to fingerprint people. The widget shows your public address.
Does the widget send my IP address anywhere?
On the default settings, only to DashSuey: the address and town come from the connection itself. Two switches change that, and both say so. "Both IPv4 and IPv6" has your browser ask two outside services, and "Network and ISP" has DashSuey's server ask a lookup service.