diff --git a/app/components/IpPoolDetailSideModal.tsx b/app/components/IpPoolDetailSideModal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90f044b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/IpPoolDetailSideModal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * Copyright Oxide Computer Company
+ */
+import { type IpPool } from '@oxide/api'
+import { IpGlobal16Icon } from '@oxide/design-system/icons/react'
+import { Badge } from '@oxide/design-system/ui'
+
+import { ReadOnlySideModalForm } from '~/components/form/ReadOnlySideModalForm'
+import { IpVersionBadge } from '~/components/IpVersionBadge'
+import { SideModalFormDocs } from '~/ui/lib/ModalLinks'
+import { PropertiesTable } from '~/ui/lib/PropertiesTable'
+import { ResourceLabel } from '~/ui/lib/SideModal'
+import { docLinks } from '~/util/links'
+
+type IpPoolDetailSideModalProps = {
+  pool: IpPool
+  onDismiss: () => void
+}
+
+export function IpPoolDetailSideModal({ pool, onDismiss }: IpPoolDetailSideModalProps) {
+  return (
+    <ReadOnlySideModalForm
+      title="IP pool details"
+      onDismiss={onDismiss}
+      animate
+      subtitle={
+        <ResourceLabel>
+          <IpGlobal16Icon /> {pool.name}
+        </ResourceLabel>
+      }
+    >
+      <PropertiesTable>
+        <PropertiesTable.IdRow id={pool.id} />
+        <PropertiesTable.DescriptionRow description={pool.description} sideModal />
+        <PropertiesTable.Row label="IP version">
+          <IpVersionBadge ipVersion={pool.ipVersion} />
+        </PropertiesTable.Row>
+        <PropertiesTable.Row label="Pool type">
+          <Badge color="neutral">{pool.poolType}</Badge>
+        </PropertiesTable.Row>
+        <PropertiesTable.DateRow label="Created" date={pool.timeCreated} />
+        <PropertiesTable.DateRow label="Last Modified" date={pool.timeModified} />
+      </PropertiesTable>
+      <SideModalFormDocs docs={[docLinks.systemIpPools]} />
+    </ReadOnlySideModalForm>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/app/forms/floating-ip-edit.tsx b/app/forms/floating-ip-edit.tsx
index 960f2e71e..02b522ed7 100644
--- a/app/forms/floating-ip-edit.tsx
+++ b/app/forms/floating-ip-edit.tsx
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export default function EditFloatingIpSideModalForm() {
           <CopyableIp ip={floatingIp.ip} isLinked={false} />
         </PropertiesTable.Row>
         <PropertiesTable.Row label="IP Pool">
-          <IpPoolCell ipPoolId={floatingIp.ipPoolId} />
+          <IpPoolCell ipPoolId={floatingIp.ipPoolId} showPoolInfo={false} />
         </PropertiesTable.Row>
         <PropertiesTable.Row label="Instance">
           <InstanceLink instanceId={floatingIp.instanceId} tab="networking" />
diff --git a/app/pages/project/vpcs/internet-gateway-edit.tsx b/app/pages/project/vpcs/internet-gateway-edit.tsx
index 5d5ac415d..19e382107 100644
--- a/app/pages/project/vpcs/internet-gateway-edit.tsx
+++ b/app/pages/project/vpcs/internet-gateway-edit.tsx
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export default function EditInternetGatewayForm() {
               <PropertiesTable.Row label="Name">{gatewayIpPool.name}</PropertiesTable.Row>
               <PropertiesTable.DescriptionRow description={gatewayIpPool.description} />
               <PropertiesTable.Row label="IP Pool Name">
-                <IpPoolCell ipPoolId={gatewayIpPool.ipPoolId} />
+                <IpPoolCell ipPoolId={gatewayIpPool.ipPoolId} showPoolInfo={false} />
               </PropertiesTable.Row>
             </PropertiesTable>
           ))
diff --git a/app/table/cells/IpPoolCell.tsx b/app/table/cells/IpPoolCell.tsx
index fc234191b..7a383e178 100644
--- a/app/table/cells/IpPoolCell.tsx
+++ b/app/table/cells/IpPoolCell.tsx
@@ -6,33 +6,47 @@
  * Copyright Oxide Computer Company
  */
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
+import { useState } from 'react'
 
 import { api, qErrorsAllowed } from '~/api'
-import { Tooltip } from '~/ui/lib/Tooltip'
+import { IpPoolDetailSideModal } from '~/components/IpPoolDetailSideModal'
 
 import { EmptyCell, SkeletonCell } from './EmptyCell'
+import { ButtonCell } from './LinkCell'
 
-export const IpPoolCell = ({ ipPoolId }: { ipPoolId: string }) => {
-  const { data: result } = useQuery(
-    qErrorsAllowed(
-      api.ipPoolView,
-      { path: { pool: ipPoolId } },
-      {
-        errorsExpected: {
-          explanation: 'the referenced IP pool may have been deleted.',
-          statusCode: 404,
-        },
-      }
-    )
+const ipPoolQuery = (ipPoolId: string) =>
+  qErrorsAllowed(
+    api.ipPoolView,
+    { path: { pool: ipPoolId } },
+    {
+      errorsExpected: {
+        explanation: 'the referenced IP pool may have been deleted.',
+        statusCode: 404,
+      },
+    }
   )
+
+type IpPoolCellProps = {
+  ipPoolId: string
+  /** Show the IP pool detail sidebar on click. Defaults to true. Pass false to render as plain text. */
+  showPoolInfo?: boolean
+}
+
+export const IpPoolCell = ({ ipPoolId, showPoolInfo = true }: IpPoolCellProps) => {
+  const [showDetail, setShowDetail] = useState(false)
+  const { data: result } = useQuery(ipPoolQuery(ipPoolId))
   if (!result) return <SkeletonCell />
   // Defensive: the error case should never happen in practice. It should not be
   // possible for a resource to reference a pool without that pool existing.
   if (result.type === 'error') return <EmptyCell />
   const pool = result.data
+  if (!showPoolInfo) return <>{pool.name}</>
   return (
-    <Tooltip content={pool.description} placement="right">
-      <span>{pool.name}</span>
-    </Tooltip>
+    <>
+      <ButtonCell onClick={() => setShowDetail(true)}>{pool.name}</ButtonCell>
+      {showDetail && (
+        <IpPoolDetailSideModal pool={pool} onDismiss={() => setShowDetail(false)} />
+      )}
+    </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/floating-ip-create.e2e.ts b/test/e2e/floating-ip-create.e2e.ts
index c33bfeef4..44eae2767 100644
--- a/test/e2e/floating-ip-create.e2e.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/floating-ip-create.e2e.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,23 @@ test('can create a floating IP', async ({ page }) => {
   })
 })
 
+test('can view IP pool details from floating IP table', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto(floatingIpsPage)
+
+  // cola-float is in ip-pool-1; click the pool cell to open the detail modal
+  const row = page.getByRole('row', { name: /cola-float/ })
+  await row.getByRole('button', { name: 'ip-pool-1' }).click()
+
+  const dialog = page.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'IP pool details' })
+  await expect(dialog).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(dialog.getByText('public IPs')).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(dialog.getByText('v4')).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(dialog.getByText('unicast')).toBeVisible()
+
+  await page.getByRole('contentinfo').getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' }).click()
+  await expect(dialog).toBeHidden()
+})
+
 test('can detach and attach a floating IP', async ({ page }) => {
   // check floating IP is visible on instance detail
   await page.goto('/projects/mock-project/instances/db1')