IP Address

PIMPHO · 23-10-2007 8:40am #1

Hi Guys,

Not sure if this is in the right forum? Just wanted to know how I can find the IP address for general websites? Most of the sites are blocked at work and the only way to get around this, is to use the IP address as that isn't blocked.

Any ideas?

Thanks

PIMPHO · 23-10-2007 8:43am

Hi Guys,

Not sure if this is in the right forum? Just wanted to know how I can find the IP address for general websites? Most of the sites are blocked at work and the only way to get around this, is to use the IP address as that isn't blocked.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Saruman · 23-10-2007 8:44am

ping them

C:\ping boards.ie

Pinging boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

PIMPHO · 23-10-2007 8:48am

Saruman wrote: »

ping them
C:\ping boards.ie

Pinging boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

Sorry not quite following you? What does that mean? I just want to know how to get the IP Address for websites like www.planetfootball.com, www.paddypower.ie, www.racingpost.co.uk etc.

Is there a website I can go to where I can get the IP Address?

Thanks

Saruman · 23-10-2007 8:52am

I see, no computer knowledge then..
So all you do is go to start then run. type cmd and press ok.
This brings up the command prompt.
then type ping and then the website name.

www.planetfootball.com = 193.16.108.100 (this is not real? It redirects to skysports???)
www.paddypower.ie = 195.10.120.135
www.racginpost.co.uk = ????

Last one does not exist.
Unless you mean:
www.racingpost.co.uk = 62.44.69.151

Dero · 23-10-2007 8:56am

What's to get? What he's saying is that if you ping the website address from the command prompt, that will tell you the ip address of the site. A better way would be to use the nslookup command, whose entire purpose in life is to translate DNS name to IP addresses (and vice versa).

e.g. In the example below, the ip address of www.boards.e is highlighted in red from the putput of the ping command. Also shown is sample output from nslookup.

$ ping -c2 www.boards.ie
PING www.boards.ie (89.234.66.107) 56(84) bytes of data.

$ nslookup www.boards.ie
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.boards.ie
Address: 89.234.66.107

Saruman wrote:

Last one does not exist.

It does. It's just misspelled.

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.racingpost.co.uk
Address: 62.44.69.151

PIMPHO · 23-10-2007 8:59am

Dero wrote: »

What's to get? What he's saying is that if you ping the website address from the command prompt, that will tell you the ip address of the site. A better way would be to use the nslookup command, whose entire purpose in life is to translate DNS name to IP addresses (and vice versa).

e.g. In the example below, the ip address of www.boards.e is highlighted in red from the putput of the ping command. Also shown is sample output from nslookup.

$ ping -c2 www.boards.ie
PING www.boards.ie (89.234.66.107) 56(84) bytes of data.

$ nslookup www.boards.ie
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.boards.ie
Address: 89.234.66.107

Will I get fired for doing this?

What's the IP Address for www.racingpost.co.uk ?

Saruman · 23-10-2007 9:01am

Oh and by the way!
This is amazing

If you go to www.google.ie and type in:
get website ip address
press search... wow
First link i get is http://www.selfseo.com/find_ip_address_of_a_website.php

You might get fired yes... if they can block an address they can certainly track usage.
Also racingpost.co.uk is in the list i gave you.

PIMPHO · 23-10-2007 9:01am

Saruman wrote: »

I see, no computer knowledge then..
So all you do is go to start then run. type cmd and press ok.
This brings up the command prompt.
then type ping and then the website name.

www.planetfootball.com = 193.16.108.100 (this is not real? It redirects to skysports???)
www.paddypower.ie = 195.10.120.135
www.racginpost.co.uk = ????

Last one does not exist.
Unless you mean:
www.racingpost.co.uk = 62.44.69.151

Thanks but www.racingpost.co.uk is still blocked even with the IP Address!!??

Any other ways I can access that site witout getting fired?

Thanks

Saruman · 23-10-2007 9:05am

Without getting fired? Your kidding.... thats up to your company policy.
You can probably get around by a web proxy... such as:
http://proxy.org/cgi_proxies.shtml
Put in the url in the box and it opens the site via that website.

PIMPHO · 23-10-2007 9:08am

Saruman wrote: »

Without getting fired? Your kidding.... thats up to your company policy.
You can probably get around by a web proxy... such as:
http://proxy.org/cgi_proxies.shtml
Put in the url in the box and it opens the site via that website.

That's blocked too!!

Fark it!

Saruman · 23-10-2007 9:12am

Smart IT then... they must be blocking keywords such as proxy etc. Sorry, your IT system seems pretty locked down. If they are that well equiped i imagine its a pretty large company. They will also have a solid internet policy so you are better off waiting till you get home. Do not risk your job over some betting websites.

PIMPHO · 23-10-2007 9:17am

Saruman wrote: »

Smart IT then... they must be blocking keywords such as proxy etc. Sorry, your IT system seems pretty locked down. If they are that well equiped i imagine its a pretty large company. They will also have a solid internet policy so you are better off waiting till you get home. Do not risk your job over some betting websites.

We use this website to access all the blocked websites http://www.worldlingo.com/en/websites/url_translator.html

But problem with this website is that you can't log in or post messages. With the Racingpost website, you have to log on to view all the tips and news etc but this website will only get you in the homepage!

Thanks anyways

footfall · 23-10-2007 9:32am

open CMD windows (click START

RUN --- type cmd) and type......ping microsoft.com or what ever site you trying to fix the ip address of.Leave out the www but...the Ping will list the IP address etc etc

christophicus · 23-10-2007 10:03am

Yeah, more then likely though that won't work in your work. So you will have to do it at home and take note of the IP lol.

Saruman · 23-10-2007 1:18pm

I take it you guys did not read any posts after the first one

unnameduser · 23-10-2007 1:33pm

Ye guys have a lot of patience!

thebman · 23-10-2007 2:42pm

Get to know someone in IT and ask them do they bother tracking usage.

Our company blocks access to sites like Youtube but you would get there via IP however we don't actively track what sites users are going to because that would be too much like effort so we can see a few people using youtube through proxies as we walk through the main office.

However we don't care, the main point of us blocking youtube is that it takes a lot of bandwidth away from working users so we just wanted to stop most users from using it. Your company might be stricter.

MrVestek · 23-10-2007 4:35pm

use https://www.stupidcensorship.com

I can bypass my company's firewall with that but generally I just remote into my computer that's at home and use it to browse. Much safer way of doing things and the IT team can't track it... erh... unless they block my own PC's IP address then I'll be fecked :P

*edit*

Do they use SonicWall by any chance? If so for some reason SonicWall doesn't seem to block secure sites sothe URL I just gave you should work.

thebman · 23-10-2007 5:43pm

logmein.com is free for personal use. Install it on your computer at home and then login from work using your web browser and use your home web browser to browse what you want.

MrVestek · 23-10-2007 8:05pm

brim4brim wrote: »

logmein.com is free for personal use. Install it on your computer at home and then login from work using your web browser and use your home web browser to browse what you want.

Heh funilly enough that's what I use to remote.

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