Go to the command prompt and 'ping' the server you are after:
[tt]
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.
C:\>ping
Pinging
[216.239.33.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.239.33.99: bytes=32 time=201ms TTL=49
Request timed out.
Reply from 216.239.33.99: bytes=32 time=200ms TTL=49
Reply from 216.239.33.99: bytes=32 time=200ms TTL=49
Ping statistics for 216.239.33.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 200ms, Maximum = 201ms, Average = 150ms
C:\>
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So you just need to type [tt]
ping www.someserver.com[/tt] and the ping command should automatically resolve the host name to an IP address for you. In this case, the IP address for
is 216.239.33.99