How to locate server that is hosting domain name

[ycamraph]

Ok I admit I really don't know much about domain names and the such. But what I would like to know is how to locate the server that the domain name is on.

For example there is a web page that has there own domain name but I want to know the name of the hosting server they are using. Is there a way to do that.

Thanks for your time.

[Bruce]

You could do a whois and see the nameservers.

[niv]

You may have to do it with the respective NIC. For example, if you're looking up a domain with the TLD extension of .com/.net/.org/etc., you can use internic.net. If you're looking up a .jp domain, you can go to nic.ad.jp.

[LastActionHero]

or goto allwhois.com where everything is in one place :)

[hostjet]

i use samspade.org which is quite good.

[niv]

Originally posted by LastActionHero
or goto allwhois.com where everything is in one place :)

Do they whois *.*.kg domains? :eek:

[LeX]

Well, let's check!

Results
Domain: dto.com.kg

Error: [com.kg] Not a Valid Domain Extension

[niv]

I have a gut feeling that they don't dyndns.org or dhs.org domains either :p

[LastActionHero]

Well they almost do all kinds od whois. There is a big list on the righ hand side pointing to whois registries of every country on the list. I don't think they know about kg's yet. I don't think any registry apart from domain.kg knows about kg.

[LeX]

Originally posted by LastActionHero
I don't think they know about kg's yet. I don't think any registry apart from domain.kg knows about kg.
You're wrong about that... they just can't do whois searches on kgs yet, but they've heard of them.

Proof: http://www.alldomains.com/cgi-bin/show_intl.cgi?CC=kg

[LastActionHero]

Well they don't do whois, so it doesn't serve any purpose. I don't think domain.kg has the whois protocol implemented.