How to Find the IP Address of a Website Using Command Prompt?

You must know that a domain name of a website is simply a name which points to an IP address and display the content stored in that IP. This tutorial is a very basic level one which explains how to find the IP address of a website without using any third-party tools on your computer.

The purpose of this basic tutorial is to teach very basic IT operations to the people who are new to technology.


There are many methods to find the IP address of a website. Many online tools are there for this purpose.

But we do not need any extra tools to check the IP address of a website. In this tutorial, I will teach you how to find the IP address of a website using Command Prompt.

I will show how to do it from a Windows computer having an Internet connection.


Steps to Find the IP Address of a Website using Command Prompt

If you are using a Windows XP computer, follow the instructions provided below.

1. Click on the start button at the left-hand bottom of the screen
   
   
2. Click on the Run and type cmd on the run window.
   
   
3. Press OK to open the command prompt window
   
   
4. Type ping www.corenetworkz.com and press enter button
   
   
5. You can see the IP address of the website www.corenetworkz.com from the ping replies
   
   
   
   You can type any website address instead of www.corenetworkz.com to find the IP address.
   

On a Windows Vista computer, follow the instructions provided below.

1. Type command on the Vista search bar
   
   
2. Click to open the command prompt window
   
   
3. Type ping www.corenetworkz.com and press enter button
   
   

How to Find IP Version 6 Address of a Domain Name?
You can find both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of a website using Command Prompt. All you have to do is to ensure that you have activated the IP version 6 (IPv6) in your Windows PC.

I have completed the below steps on my Windows 10 Acer laptop.

1. Type Command Prompt on the Windows 10 Search and open it.
   
   
2. Type ping www.corenetworkz.com on the Command Prompt screen and press the enter key
   
   
   
3. You can see the Ipv6 address of www.corenetworkz.com from the ping replies
   
   

Look at the data to find the IPv6 address.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.885]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\ACER>ping www.corenetworkz.com

Pinging ghs.google.com [2404:6800:4007:810::2013] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 2404:6800:4007:810::2013: time=70ms
Reply from 2404:6800:4007:810::2013: time=59ms
Reply from 2404:6800:4007:810::2013: time=91ms
Reply from 2404:6800:4007:810::2013: time=67ms

Ping statistics for 2404:6800:4007:810::2013:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 59ms, Maximum = 91ms, Average = 71ms

C:\Users\ACER>

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