[Techtalk] Resolving a doman name

[Matthew Miller]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 01:01:57AM +1100, Sue Stones wrote:
> * 	ping reaches 67.18.218.195
> *	host indicates that the name resolves to 67.18.218.195  (I don't 
> have dig on my computer for some reason (mandrake!),
> *	Who is lists the domain servers as 216.21.234.79 and 216.21.226.79
> *	Web browsers don't return index.html

Can you telnet to port 80 of that host? "telnet 67.18.218.195 80" or "telnet
hostname 80"....

> Is this a discrepancy, ie are the addresses returned by whois the 
> addresses of the website servers or are they domain name server - I 
> wasn't  clear on that from the information that I had.

Whois will tell you the addresses of the DNS servers for the domain. It's
useful for finding details about who owns a domain, but not for actual
day-to-day operations.

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