how to find an ip address

neurogeek · 07-07-2003, 12:32 PM

I've been looking all over, but still haven't been able to learn how to find the ip address of a particular web site or ftp server. I want to do an ftp install, but I don't have a nameserver (can't use the name), and I don't know the ip address of the ftp server. is there an easy way to find the ip address?

Thanks

MasterC · 07-07-2003, 12:40 PM

I don't know of any easier than a simple ping:
ping linuxquestions.org returns:

Code:

bash-2.05a$ ping linuxquestions.org
PING linuxquestions.org (64.179.4.146): 56 octets data
64 octets from 64.179.4.146: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=126.0 ms
64 octets from 64.179.4.146: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=125.3 ms

--- linuxquestions.org ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 125.3/125.6/126.0 ms

You could also use dig I suppose, but ping suites my needs.

Cool

darin3200 · 07-07-2003, 12:42 PM

Lots of ways. Ping (domain name). This will say
"Pinging (domain name) [domain's ip]
Also, you could maybe try traceroute (tracert in windows) before the site name and see if an ip shows up the on the final server. Or even try whois (domain name). I'm not 100% sure all of these will work for ftps but I know they will for domain names.

neurogeek · 07-07-2003, 01:11 PM

PERFECT. Thank you!