How do you find out a sites i.p. ?

[tjdavis1138]

I read about this tweak on tweakxp.com where you go into the host file and enter the sites i.p. so your browser doesn't have to talk to the dns server. Sounds kinda cool, but I don't know how to find out a sites i.p. address.

Thanks for any help.

 

[tweakmm]

http://www.all-nettools.com/tools1.htm
It's called an NSlookup

 

[DeschutesCore]

You can also ping the site through the command line (command.com in 9x / command or cmd in NT) and it will return the IP.

C:\>ping www.anandtech.com

Pinging www.anandtech.com [216.151.100.123] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.151.100.123: bytes=32 time=353ms TTL=239
Reply from 216.151.100.123: bytes=32 time=372ms TTL=239
Reply from 216.151.100.123: bytes=32 time=443ms TTL=239
Reply from 216.151.100.123: bytes=32 time=381ms TTL=239

Ping statistics for 216.151.100.123:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 353ms, Maximum = 443ms, Average = 387ms

Violla, no 3rd party tools required.

DC

 

[geoff2k]

This may speed things up a bit, but if the site should ever change it's IP address (due to new hardware, new hosting company, etc.) you won't be able to hit the new site until you either delete or change the entry in the hosts file.

 

[Mucman]

To speed up lookups I run a pair of nameservers on my network... dnscache runs great under FreeBSD on a P150 and a Cyrix 366

 

[amnesiac]

Can anyone get the HOSTS file to work correctly in WinXP? It never seems to pay attention to mine.

 

[FSUpaintball]

I suggest Virtual Route. It'll trace it in a line on a map that you can see, and comes complete with the IP, charts, hops, bandwidth, etc.... it's pretty cool.

 

[tjdavis1138]

Thanks guys, I'll give it a shot while I'm waiting for UT2003 demo to download.