How do I find the IP address of a website?

Enter the website's domain, for example wikipedia.org, in the box on this page and press Look up. You'll see all the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses it points to. From a terminal, run nslookup example.com on Windows or dig +short example.com on Mac and Linux.

Can a website have more than one IP address?

Yes. Most large sites have several IPv4 addresses and several IPv6 addresses for load balancing and redundancy, and DWM IP lists all of them. Your browser picks one and falls back to another if it fails.

Why does a website's IP address change between lookups?

Large sites and CDNs rotate addresses and answer differently depending on location, so repeated lookups can return different IPs. A site can also move to a new host, which changes its IP for everyone.

Why does the IP belong to Cloudflare instead of the website?

The site uses Cloudflare (or another CDN or proxy) in front of its real server, and its DNS points to the CDN. The origin server's address is deliberately kept private, and a DNS lookup can't reveal it.

What's the difference between an A record and an AAAA record?

An A record maps a domain to an IPv4 address, written like 203.0.113.10. An AAAA record maps it to an IPv6 address, written like 2001:db8::10. Many domains have both, and DWM IP shows them all.

Can I open a website by typing its IP address?

Sometimes. It works for a site with its own dedicated server, but sites on shared hosting or behind a CDN usually show an error or a different page, because the server needs the domain name to know which site you want.

Does it work with subdomains and international domains?

Yes. Subdomains like mail.example.com or api.example.com work, and international names like bücher.de are converted to their DNS form (xn--bcher-kva.de) automatically.

Domain to IP lookup

Type a domain such as example.com, or paste a full URL, to find the IP addresses it points to. You'll see every IPv4 (A) and IPv6 (AAAA) address in its DNS, and who runs the network behind the first one.

Find a website's IP address

Enter a domain or subdomain, or paste a full link.

Try:

How to find a website's IP address

1
Enter the domain
Type a domain like github.com or a subdomain like mail.example.com. Pasting a full link such as https://example.com/page works too.
2
Press Look up
DWM IP asks DNS for the domain's A (IPv4) and AAAA (IPv6) records, following any CNAME aliases along the way.
3
Read the addresses
Every address the domain points to is listed, and the first one is looked up in full: hosting organisation, ASN, network, owner and approximate location.

How a domain becomes an IP address

Computers connect to IP addresses, not names. When you open a website, your device asks a DNS resolver for the domain's A records (IPv4 addresses) and AAAA records (IPv6 addresses), then connects to one of them.

A domain can point to several addresses for load balancing or redundancy, and many domains can share one address on the same server. Some names are aliases (CNAME records) for another name, which is then resolved to an IP.

Find a domain's IP from the command line

Every operating system has a DNS tool built in. Replace example.com with the domain you want:

Windows (Command Prompt or PowerShell): nslookup example.com
Mac and Linux, IPv4: dig +short example.com A
Mac and Linux, IPv6: dig +short example.com AAAA
Mac and Linux, both: host example.com

Why the IP might not be the website's own server

CDNs and proxies: Sites behind Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai or Amazon CloudFront point their DNS at the CDN, so the address you see belongs to the CDN, not the origin server. That's by design, and this tool only shows what public DNS returns.
Load balancing: Big sites hand out different addresses depending on where you are and when you ask, so two lookups can return different IPs.
Shared hosting: Thousands of small sites can share one IP. Typing that IP into a browser usually won't open the site you looked up.

When you'd look up a domain's IP

Checking a DNS change: After moving a site or changing hosts, confirm the domain now points to the new server's address.
Firewall and allow lists: Find the addresses a service uses before you allow them through a firewall or VPN.
Finding a site's host: See which hosting company, cloud or CDN a website runs on.
Troubleshooting: If a site won't load, check that its domain still resolves to an address at all.

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Updated October 2026