Sunday, January 6, 2008

How to identify the IP (Internet Protocol) address of a domain

For you to be able to identify the IP (Internet Protocol) address of a domain.
You can perform by using the Ping command

Example:

C:\>ping yahoo.com
Pinging yahoo.com [216.109.112.135] with 32 bytes of data:


Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=240ms TTL=47
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=238ms TTL=47
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=239ms TTL=47
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=237ms TTL=47

Ping statistics for 216.109.112.135: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 237ms, Maximum = 240ms, Average = 238ms

You can also use the nslookup command to identify the addresses

Example:

C:\>nslookup yahoo.com
Server: libay.org
Address: 10.6.1.1
Non-authoritative answer:

Name: yahoo.com
Addresses: 216.109.112.135, 66.94.234.13

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