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VPN / proxy check

You are probably not using a VPN

IP 216.73.216.64 · Columbus, Ohio, US · Anthropic, PBC

Your connection appears to come from a consumer ISP (Anthropic, PBC), which is typical of a normal home or mobile connection — not a VPN.

Your real IP and location are currently exposed to every website you visit. If you want to browse privately, change your apparent location, or secure public Wi-Fi, a VPN will replace the details above with a server’s.

How to verify your VPN is working

  1. With the VPN off, note the IP and city shown above.
  2. Turn your VPN on and connect to a server.
  3. Reload this page — your IP and location should now be different.
  4. If they didn’t change, your VPN isn’t routing your traffic (check for leaks or reconnect).

How does this check work?

Every public IP belongs to a network. We look up the operator behind your IP (Anthropic, PBC) and check whether it’s a datacenter network — where VPNs, proxies and cloud servers live — or a consumer ISP used by normal home and mobile connections. It’s a strong signal, though some business and mobile networks can occasionally look similar.

See also: how to hide your IP, your IP location, or your full public IP overview.