This article shows you how to find basic website information on a Windows computer. You can use the command line to find out the IP address of the website, the route from your network to the website, and the DNS address of the website.
Steps
Step 1. Open the Start Menu
Click on the Windows logo in the lower left corner of the screen.
Step 2. Find Command Prompt
Enter command line to display search results.
Step 3. Click "Command Prompt"
It's an option at the top of the Start menu. A command prompt window will open.
Step 4. Ping the desired web address
Do this to find out how long (in milliseconds) the requests take to this site:
- Enter ping website.com, where replace “website.com” with the address of the site you want.
- Press ↵ Enter.
- Press ↵ Enter again to stop pinging.
Step 5. Determine the route of the data to the required site
Enter the "traceroute" command, which will display the addresses of all servers between your computer and the website:
- Enter tracert website.com, where replace “website.com” with the address of the site you want.
- Press ↵ Enter.
- Review the route that your request took (in the entries marked with asterisks, the request timed out).
Step 6. Find out the DNS address of the website
Please be aware that the DNS address of the website is different from the IP address:
- Enter nslookup website.com, where replace “website.com” with the address of the site you want.
- Press ↵ Enter.
- View the DNS addresses of the website.