OpenEuphoria

Re: DNS'ing an IP_Address

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Feb 11, 2001
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On 11 Feb 2001, at 10:17, Chris Bensler wrote:

> I'm working on a chat program..
> But I'm wondering how I can get the IP address given a Web address..
> 
> IE..
> 
> some.site.com = 123.4.5.6
> 
> if someone enters a web address, how do I convert it to the IP? Or do I 
> need to..

Well, you could call the routines in WebShepard (in archives, for windoze), use
mirc /dns (like i
do most of the time), or use NSI lookup (at http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-
bin/whois/whois) which will give you the ip number range given to that domain. 

> Specifically, this pertains to eulibnet..

What is that again? And why would it want to connect to a dynamic ip http web
address? If
you have a domain registered, the ip# will be static as long as the host doesn't
change. Even
then, if you have a redirector as the primary ip#, such as a web addess at xoom
or whereever,
the chat client can pick up the correct ip# there and connect to it, the
redirect can be coded
any number of ways.

Kat