Who's That Site?

Here's a cool one. Have you ever needed to find out either a name or an IP address for a particular site?

OK, before you stop reading this tip and head back, just hear me out. This can actually come in handy. For example, if you have a firewall on your computer and are getting info that 209.15.178.71 is trying to get into your computer, you can use this tip to turn those numbers into an actual address.

Or, if you have the name of the site (like www.worldstart.com) and need an IP address for some reason (pay attention if you own your own web domain), you can uncover that information too.

Alright, so how do you pull off this digital trick? Easy:

1. Hit the Start Button, Run. Type "Command" in the Run line and hit Enter

2. You should be looking at a DOS screen. Type the following:

nslookup 209.15.178.61

Then hit Enter.

It should tell you that 209.15.178.61 is the IP for worldstart.com (note that it may spit our your ISP's info first).

Now let's do it backwards! (And you didn't think this could get any more exciting!))

Type in:

nslookup www.worldstart.com

Then hit Enter

It should give you the 209.15.178.61 number (again, it may spit out your current ISP's info first). This is really handy for those who own web sites and have forgotten what their IP address is.

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