Find IP From Hostname

Find IP From Hostname

Hostname to IP is a valuable tool that allows you to find the IP Address from the Hostname. Type in your Hostname and Click on the Button to find the IP Address.

If you need to find the IP address of a hostname, there are a few ways you can do it. You can use the ping command, a web-based IP lookup service, or the nslookup command. In this blog post, we'll show you how to use all three methods to find an IP address from a hostname.

Introduction

DNS is used to translate (or resolve) human-friendly domain names such as www.example.com into more technical IP addresses like 93.184.216.34 that computers use to connect. 

When somebody types www.example.com into a web browser, the browser contacts a DNS resolver that returns the IP address for www.example.com, and then the browser can connect to that address and fetch the website content. 

Each device on a network has a unique IP address that other devices use to refer to - just as we use people's names to identify them in everyday life. Hence, computers use IP addresses to identify other devices on networks. 

An example of an IPv4 address is 216.58.205.164 - this is one of Google's public DNS servers, and you can use it as your DNS server if you want (as long as your ISP allows outbound UDP port 53 traffic). A hostname is simply a name assigned to a machine - it might represent the actual name of the machine (e.g., 'aurora') or might be something related to its function ('www,' 'mail,' 'finance').

Finding IP Addresses

To find the IP address of a website, follow these steps:

1. Open the Command Prompt.

2. Type nslookup, followed by the website domain name for which you want to find the IP address. For example, to find the IP address for www.pcworld.com, you would type: nslookup www.pcworld.com 
3. Press Enter. The command prompt will return the IP address for the website you specified.

Using the Command Line

On Windows, you can find the IP address of a hostname by pinging it and examining the response:

1. Open the Command Prompt.

2. Typeping and press Enter.

3. The output will look something like this:

Pinging hostname [ip address] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from IP address: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=64
Reply from IP address: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=64
Reply from IP address: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=64
Reply from IP address: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=64

 The Hostname's address will be listed in angle brackets next to "Pinging."

Using Online Tools

If you're not sure of the IP address associated with a particular hostname, there are a few online tools you can use to look it up.

One such tool is DNSstuff.com. Enter the Hostname in the "Lookup this hostname:" field and click "Look up DNS." The site will then return the IP address associated with that Hostname.

Another tool you can use is WhoisXY.com. Enter the Hostname in the "Lookup Domain or IP Address:" field and click "GO." The site will return information about the domain, including the IP address.

Using Whois

The easiest way to find an IP address from a hostname is to use the command "whois" followed by the Hostname. For example, if you wanted to see the IP address for www.google.com, you would type "whois www.google.com" into the command prompt.

The whois command will return a variety of information about the specified Hostname, including the IP address.

Conclusion

From the command line, type "nslookup" followed by the Hostname. Nslookup is a program that allows users to look up an IP address from a hostname (or vice versa). For example, to find the IP address of example.com, you would type:

nslookup example.com

This should return the IP address of the server associated with that Hostname.

Further Reading

If you want to get more information about IP addresses and hostnames, please check out our other articles:

- How to Find Your IP Address on Windows 10
- How to Find Your IP Address on Mac
- How to Find Your IP Address on Linux
- How to Trace an IP Address