Posted by MSYPOURS
What's the meaning of IP address, DNS address and how do they work or whats their purpose?:-D
Posted by StevenC
IP Address (Internet Protocol): Is a numerical address of a server/computer/phone in a network or on the Internet. An IP address is in the form of "a.b.c.d" where a,b,d and d are numbers of 0-255.
DNS (Domain Name Service): A domain name solves the problem of having to remember IP address for any website/computer.... For example, "google.com" is a domain name. In other words www.google.com maps to the IP address of Google's server.
Here is a little experiment for you.
1. In the Start Menu, click Run.
2. When the Run dialog appears, type "cmd" without the quotes. This brings up the command prompt.
3. In the command prompt, type "ping http://www.google.com"
It will show the IP address of google.com. Note down this IP.
4. Open Internet Explorer, and type "http:\ip-address" in the address bar. It will just load http://www.google.com homepage.
[ This Message was edited by: StevenC on 2009-08-20 16:40 ]
Posted by MSYPOURS
Hi and thanks buddy. I dont have a pc I usually use my friends pc is it possible to experiment on my phone?:-)
Posted by StevenC
No you can't.
Posted by AbuBasim
On 2009-08-20 17:30:31, StevenC wrote:
3. In the command prompt, type "ping http://www.google.com"
It will show the IP address of google.com.
No it won't. But it will if you type "ping www.google.com" instead...
Posted by MSYPOURS
Yea! thanks guys it works, more experiments?:-D