Tech Question: DNS IP Thingies

[Pierrot le Fou]

Say I have a website that doesn't seem to be loading. Say I know the URL of said site, and think that the problem may be routing or somesuch. Say I'd like to know the IP address of the server to said website without having to use the regular URL. How would I go about doing that?

[vdawg5]

Try this website. (http://www.whois.ws/whois-in/ip-address/dnp.in/) I think it should give you the info you seek.

[setrict]

Keep in mind that some sites use shared IPs and rely on the requested URL to determine which site is shown. In other words you might not get what you expect by just using the IP.

You can also check routing issues using traceroute (or tracert in windows).
Start->Run, type 'cmd' click ok
then type tracert yoursite.com and press enter.

You'll see all the network hops, and if there is a network problem it will show a timeout at one of the hops.

[Pierrot le Fou]

Thanks. The site is inactive, sadly. I am saddened.

[Fumi]

In a command prompt type

nslookup websitename

[羽之助]

It's down for me too, PLF.