How do you locate and use ISP numbers?

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On Gary Norths site he talks of terrorism against ISP and suggests that we jot down the ISP # for our favorite sites. ISP equals Internet Service Provider???? Like AOL? Somebody clue me in. If y2k hits and I crank up the generator and then get on the 'puter and can't find anyone, I will be a basket case. So how do I get this info and what do I do with it once I have it????

Taz...who has gotten used to instant information.

-- Taz (Tassie @aol.com), July 09, 1999

Answers

Dear Taz:

I beleive the named address will still work, otherwise you will need to record somewhere each ISP number/address of your freinds and keep them on your hard drive or paper printout. The ISP reference number, if scrambled by a virus or such , won't direct you to the right locatiion anyway.

Keep in touch,

Bob P

-- Bob Pilcher (rpilc99206@aol.com), July 09, 1999.


Collect phone numbers and snail mail addresses, via private email NOW.

It works.

(You know. . .that "Neighborhood Watch" thing?)

-- Taz (is@cool.com), July 09, 1999.


I believe they are talking about IP Numbers, not ISP numbers. ISP stands for Internet Service Provider.

An IP Number is assigned to every machine that is connected to the Internet. For users who dial-up to an ISP you get assigned a new one every time you connect, websites, hosts etc have static IP Addresses.

When you go to a website by typing in the name eg www.yahoo.com, your machine contacts your local Domain Name Server which returns the IP Address of www.yahoo.com. From this it can work out what path to travel over the Internet and know where to retrieve the information from Yahoo!

This is a very generalized explanation. In short the basics of the Internet does not work on website addresses such as www.yahoo.com but the IP Address Numbers. The Website Address names are here for us humans to easily navigate, relate to and remember.

Regards, Simon Richards

PS I'm a *nix Network Admin myself, so please no responses explaining things to me, as stated above the explanation is a generalization.

-- Simon Richards (simon@wair.com.au), July 09, 1999.


Hi Taz, Just go back to Gary North's main category page, where you first saw his advice on writing down the IP number, and note the link to the freeware program at the end of the paragraph. It will find the IP numbers of sites for you.

-- Robert Manny (rmanny@thegrid.net), July 10, 1999.

Thanks guys.....I guess!! Think I will get stamps and pray for the mail system. Maybe the phones will stay up.

Taz

-- Taz (Tassie @aol.com), July 10, 1999.



But how/where do you physically input an IP number to get to the desired address?

-- Brooks (brooksbie@hotmail.com), July 10, 1999.

Somebody help Taz get a SSB mobile for 12volt and a supply for house.

-- Living in (the@real.world), July 10, 1999.

But how/where do you physically input an IP number to get to the desired address?

Just type it in the same URL location box as the regular address.

eg: http://195.18.165.50

-- gale (gale@work.com), July 10, 1999.


Taz, Here is the link for InterNIC. They provide a database and register for Domain names. When you type in the domain name be sure to include the www. in front. Example, www.greenspun.com.

InterNIC

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), July 10, 1999.


Taz, forgot to mention when you enter this info you will get back the numeric server info along with the owners data.

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), July 10, 1999.



I went to InterNic and plugged in http://www.greenspun.com/ and got a complaint No match for "WWW.GREENSPUN.COM". I also tried just www.greenspun.com with the same result.

-- Dancr (minddancr@aol.com), July 10, 1999.

Your right, here is the correct link with instructions:

InterNIC Whois

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), July 10, 1999.


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