Dinosaurr Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 (edited) I am looking on how to get an ipaddress of a website I have tried: TCPNameToIP but it doesnt work like i thought it would(wont return the ip address of a site for example: www.google.com) [edit] nvm got it working Edited December 20, 2008 by Dinosaurr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 (edited) Hi. I am looking on how to get an ipaddress of a website I have tried: TCPNameToIP but it doesnt work like i thought it would(wont return the ip address of a site for example: www.google.com) [edit] nvm got it working The IP address of a web site at a given time IMHO isn't too helpful: 1.) IP addresses can change frequently, especially when resolving addresses like www.google.com: Many physical webservers service this address, and so the requests from all the world are balanced. 2.) for smaller web sites, especially for free web space, *MANY* web sites are hosted on *ONE* server. The correct content "behind" the IP address is addressed through the http request, which holds the information *what* web site shall be addressed. Example: http://www.james.com/ and http://www.joe.com/ could both be hosted on a server with the IP address 123.123.123.123 If you address http://123.123.123.123/ you will *NOT* get the content you expect, neither jame's nor joe's web sites can be accessed this way. Regards, Rudi. [edit] typo Edited December 20, 2008 by rudi Earth is flat, pigs can fly, and Nuclear Power is SAFE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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