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ghost

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17 years ago

help me i have figured out the challenge and i have done everything required but i get a hostname of unresolvable.I have tried repeating the challenge the next day but i have no luck.

ghost

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17 years ago

the challange is down at the moment so you might have to wait abit.

im waiting to finish it aswell

in the event that the challenge(s) came back up, what would be a good site to track the ip to the hostname and watnot because i tried the feature on whatismyip.com as well as the one recommended in the article and i didnt get a thing!! thanks in advance

ghost

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17 years ago

chaunchothenacho wrote: in the event that the challenge(s) came back up, what would be a good site to track the ip to the hostname and watnot because i tried the feature on whatismyip.com as well as the one recommended in the article and i didnt get a thing!! thanks in advance

Ping ?

ghost

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17 years ago

IceCube wrote: Ping ?

he is trying to get the hostname from the ip.

you can get the ip from the hostname but as far as im aware you cant do it the other way round.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping

read all that, it will help you!!!!

Mr_Cheese

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17 years ago

koolkeith12345 wrote: you can get the ip from the hostname but as far as im aware you cant do it the other way round.

you can. do a nslookup

ghost

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17 years ago

Mr_Cheese wrote: you can. do a nslookup

he said ping not nslookup

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-=[TheOutlaw]=-

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17 years ago

koolkeith12345 wrote: you can get the ip from the hostname but as far as im aware you cant do it the other way round.

C:\Users\system_meltdown>ping google.com

Pinging google.com [64.233.187.99] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=131ms TTL=243 Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=243 Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=131ms TTL=243 Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=133ms TTL=243

Ping statistics for 64.233.187.99: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 131ms, Maximum = 133ms, Average = 131ms

ghost

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17 years ago

system_meltdown wrote: [quote]koolkeith12345 wrote: you can get the ip from the hostname but as far as im aware you cant do it the other way round.

C:\Users\system_meltdown>ping google.com

Pinging google.com [64.233.187.99] with 32 bytes of data:

Ping statistics for 64.233.187.99: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 131ms, Maximum = 133ms, Average = 131ms[/quote]

exactly. you have the hostname and get the ip by pinging it.