Why Mobile Networks Can Show Multiple Public IPs

A phone on mobile data does not always use a single public IP for every protocol. HTTP traffic, DNS traffic, UDP probes, IPv4, and IPv6 can pass through different carrier gateways.

This is especially common on large mobile networks where many users share address pools through carrier-grade NAT.

Carrier-grade NAT lets many devices share a smaller group of public IPv4 addresses. The address seen by a website can be a carrier gateway rather than a unique address assigned to your phone.

Another test using UDP or DNS may hit a different gateway in the same carrier network. That can produce multiple public IPs without indicating a VPN, proxy, or compromise.

Some mobile networks prefer IPv6 while translating or tunneling IPv4. A browser may connect to a website through one path while WebRTC or DNS resolution uses another.

Because of this, a good privacy checker should distinguish between clear leaks and normal carrier routing differences.

MyIPRisk shows alternate public endpoints for transparency, but it does not reduce the score only because WebRTC found a different public IP on a mobile network.

Proxy, VPN, Tor, and hosting labels are also treated carefully because mobile and business networks can be mislabeled by third-party IP intelligence feeds.