Every website has at least one IP address to communicate with other network devices. This IP address is difficult for people to remember. Thus, the Domain Name System (DNS) was created to resolve domain names such as domainname.com to numeric IP addresses. However, as a user, you may want to find the IP address of a website you are familiar with.
You can use the
pingandnslookupcommand to find theIP address.DNS lookup toolcan be used as well.Using the ping command:
Use the ping command from the command prompt. The ping command returns the IP address by verifying the response time.
To find the IP address of a website using the ping command,
ping domainname.comUsing the nslookup command:
Another option to check the IP address of a website is to use the nslookup command from the command prompt designed to look up the IP addresses. The nslookup command returns more information to the user than the ping command.
To find the IP address of a website using the nslookup command, open the command prompt and type
nslookup domainname.comUsing the DNS lookup tool to find the IP address of a website:
Both the ping and nslookup commands can be used to find a website’s IP address. However, using the DNS lookup tool is the simplest way to find the IP address of a website.
Visit the DNS lookup tool, Enter the domain name into the text entry, and click DNS Lookup.