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5.1.2 nslookup
You can use the nslookup command to determine the I P address associated with an Internet site name.
You specify the common name, and the nslookup command looks up the name on your DNS server
(usually located with your ISP). If that name is not an entry in your ISP’s DNS table, the request is then
referred to another higher-level server, and so on, until the entry is found. The server then returns the
associated I P address.
On Windows-based computers, you can execute the nslookup command from the Start menu. Click the
Start button, then click Run. In the Open text box, type the following:
nslookup
A Command Prompt window displays with a bracket prompt
(>). At the prompt, type the name of the Internet address you are interested in, such as
The window displays the associate IP address, if known. See Figure 29.
Figure 29. Using the nslookup utility
There may be several addresses associated with an Internet name. This is common for web sites that
receive heavy traffic; they use multiple, redundant servers to carry the same information.
To exit from the nslookup utility, type exit and press
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