Probably that the DNS (Domain Name Server) that your ISP uses does not have a record of the website name so that it can convert the name to the IP address.
You could try changing the default DNS to another provider, such as OpenDNS. Google it, it's free. The change can be done on either the PC concerned, or on the router. If the router setting is changed, all PCs using that router will use the alternative DNS.
ping with ip address. ex: ping 124.123.97.47
You ping the site and you will see the site address
Simply type 'ping', leave a space, and then type the website you wish to retrieve the IP address of. For example, a ping request for WikiAnswers.com would look like this:c:/ ping wikianswers.comThis should work with any website.
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Do a Whois search on the domain name. Find a domain server. Then from command prompt type ping nameofdomainserver So for example if you Whois google you get ns1.google.com if you then ping that address it returns 216.239.31.10 There are other methods, and the one listed above may not be the best. But it is simple.
If you're truly experiencing a DNS issue, your system will not be able to resolve host names (google.com) into IP addresses (74.125.225.78) which is what your computer really uses to communicate. A simple test to verify that this is the case is to go to your terminal and ping a host name and then try to ping an ip address (on the internet). If you're able to ping the IP address and not the FQDN then you've got yourself a DNS issue because your DNS provider is not translating that name to an IP. I suggest using either Google DNS or OpenDNS, both of which are offered free of charge. Here's the original answer by Ashlee: go into your operating system command prompt and attempt to do a nslookup for a domain such as Google it should return a ip address if it does not it is most likely a dns issue to check for network issues use the ping command to ping a website and trace route command to trace the route to the ip address
The DNS server helps you to resolve the computer name to IP and vice versa so just need to make sure the machine is up and connected in the network and on cmd type ping 10.x.x.x(Ip address) enter type ping abc.com(computername) enter type ping -a 10.x.x.x(Ip address) enter will give you name also
DNS is the domain name system for short .DNS is a system that maps a name to an address . Ip address for Gmail.com is 173.194.36.86 .
Full form of PING is: Packet InterNet Groper PING: Ping is defines as " the tools which is used to check the communication of between the systems, routers switches and also the Internet". the syntax is: ping ip address (or) ping system name (or) ping device name The abbreviation of PING is : "Packet InterNet Goopher"
you have to talk to your hosting provider about this stuff. I have encountered the same problem with my hosting provider, good thing they had great chat support we configured the ip's live on chat If you have a 'shared' hosting, then your website will have an IP address which is shared with other websites. If you have a good hosting provider they may give you a separate IP address. If you have a dedicated hosting (not virtual hosting), then your website should have a unique IP address. Just ping your URL to find out what the IP address is.
PING short form for "Packet InterNetwork Groper" is a protocol that queries IP Addresses on network. An IP Address can be pinged bit there is nothing called "Ping Address".