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\r\n\t\t\t\tAn example whois lookup<\/strong>
If you've never ran a whois lookup before, the results that you get can seem pretty confusing.\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n
How to perform a whois lookup<\/h3>\n
If you’ve never performed a whois lookup before, one of the easiest ways is to head over to https:\/\/lookup.icann.org\/<\/a>. Enter your domain name, and then click “Lookup”.<\/p>\n
In this example, I was thinking of a fake company named, “Bob’s Plumbing” – and I happened to find http:\/\/www.bobsplumbingvideos.com\/. If we do a whois lookup for bobsplumbingvideos.com, we can see the following:<\/p>\n
Domain Name: BOBSPLUMBINGVIDEOS.COM\r\nRegistry Domain ID: 1705265879_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN\r\nRegistrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com\r\nRegistrar URL: http:\/\/www.godaddy.com\r\nUpdated Date: 2017-03-04T09:46:11Z\r\nCreation Date: 2012-03-03T09:53:22Z\r\nRegistrar Registration Expiration Date: 2022-03-03T09:53:22Z\r\nRegistrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC\r\nRegistrar IANA ID: 146\r\nRegistrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com\r\nRegistrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505\r\nDomain Status: clientTransferProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientTransferProhibited\r\nDomain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientUpdateProhibited\r\nDomain Status: clientRenewProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientRenewProhibited\r\nDomain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http:\/\/www.icann.org\/epp#clientDeleteProhibited\r\nRegistrant Organization:\r\nRegistrant State\/Province: New York\r\nRegistrant Country: US\r\nRegistrant Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/whois\/results.aspx?domain=BOBSPLUMBINGVIDEOS.COM\r\nTech Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/whois\/results.aspx?domain=BOBSPLUMBINGVIDEOS.COM\r\nAdmin Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/whois\/results.aspx?domain=BOBSPLUMBINGVIDEOS.COM\r\nName Server: NS6377.HOSTGATOR.COM\r\nName Server: NS6378.HOSTGATOR.COM<\/pre>\n
Now that you know how to run a whois, let’s try to make some sense of it.<\/p>\n
Nameservers<\/h4>\n
The most important part out of all this data is the “Name Server” section:<\/p>\n
Name Server: NS6377.HOSTGATOR.COM\r\nName Server: NS6378.HOSTGATOR.COM<\/pre>\n
As you can see, this domain name is pointing to the nameservers as hostgator.com. In this example, the answer to, “Who hosts my WordPress Website” would be HostGator.<\/p>\n
Registrant<\/h4>\n
If you can’t make sense of the domain’s nameservers, the whois information may contain the contact information of someone who may be able to help further. A domain’s registrant is the person who registered the domain name and owns it. This person may be able to tell you more about where your website is hosted. If they registered the domain, they may have setup the hosting too.<\/p>\n
In a perfect world, you would see something like the following:<\/p>\n
Registrant: Bob Smith\r\nRegistrant Email: BobS@BOBSPLUMBINGVIDEOS.COM<\/pre>\n
This would be easy to understand. Bob Smith bought the domain, and you could email him at BobS@BOBSPLUMBINGVIDEOS.COM and ask for more information as to how they setup the hosting.<\/p>\n
Whois Privacy<\/h4>\n
In most cases, the registrant information is missing or redacted using whois privacy<\/a>, as in the following two examples:<\/p>\n
Registrant Organization:\r\nRegistrant State\/Province: New York\r\nRegistrant Country: US\r\nRegistrant Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/whois\/results.aspx?domain=BOBSPLUMBINGVIDEOS.COM<\/pre>\n
Registrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\r\nRegistrant Organization: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\r\nRegistrant Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\r\nRegistrant City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\r\nRegistrant State\/Province: CA\r\nRegistrant Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\r\nRegistrant Country: US\r\nRegistrant Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\r\nRegistrant Phone Ext:\r\nRegistrant Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY\r\nRegistrant Fax Ext:\r\nRegistrant Email: https:\/\/tieredaccess.com\/contact\/abcdefgh-5c5f-4e4b-84de-3ebf8a3d6476<\/pre>\n
When the whois information is hidden, it makes it that much harder to find any helpful information about the domain.<\/p>\n
Use a ping and a whois lookup to find your host<\/h2>\n
You can also ping your domain name to see which server actually responds. That server will belong to your web host.<\/p>\n
What’s a ping?<\/strong>
\nPinging a domain is sending a small amount of data to a server, and seeing which server responds and how long it takes. We won’t get into all of the details, but pinging a domain is a common troubleshooting technique in networking.<\/p>\n
How to ping your domain<\/h3>\nIf you’ve never pinged a domain before, an easy way to do it is to use a website such as https:\/\/ping.eu\/ping\/<\/a>. Simply type in your domain name (without “http:\/\/”), such as, “bobsplumbingvideos.com”, and click “Go”.<\/p>\n
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In this example we can see that bobsplumbingvideos.com points to 192.254.189.254.<\/p>\n
64 bytes from 192.254.189.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=148 ms\r\n64 bytes from 192.254.189.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=148 ms\r\n64 bytes from 192.254.189.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=147 ms\r\n64 bytes from 192.254.189.254: icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=148 ms<\/pre>\n
If you take what we learned earlier in this article and perform a whois lookup on the IP address 192.254.189.254 (you can use https:\/\/who.is\/<\/a> to run whois for an IP address), you’ll find the following:<\/p>\n
NetRange: 192.254.128.0 - 192.254.255.255\r\nCIDR: 192.254.128.0\/17\r\nNetName: HGBLOCK-9\r\nNetHandle: NET-192-254-128-0-1\r\nParent: NET192 (NET-192-0-0-0-0)\r\nNetType: Direct Allocation\r\nOriginAS:\r\nOrganization: WEBSITEWELCOME.COM (BO)\r\nRegDate: 2013-06-11\r\nUpdated: 2013-06-11\r\nRef: https:\/\/rdap.arin.net\/registry\/ip\/192.254.128.0\r\n\r\nOrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE3580-ARIN\r\nOrgAbuseName: Abuse Department\r\nOrgAbusePhone: +1-713-574-5287\r\nOrgAbuseEmail: abuse@hostgator.com\r\nOrgAbuseRef: https:\/\/rdap.arin.net\/registry\/entity\/ABUSE3580-ARIN<\/pre>\n
We’ll assume that HGBLOCK-9 stands for “Host Gator Block 9”. We can also see that abuse@hostgator.com is set as the OrgAbuseEmail. These two pieces of information further prove that the domain we looked up is hosted by Host Gator.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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What is a whois lookup?<\/h3>\nA whois lookup can help you find a lot of information about your domain name. For example, it can tell you when it was registered, when it expires, and even who the owner is. In most cases, it will also show you who hosts the website.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t

Nameservers<\/h4>\nThe most important part out of all this data is the “Name Server” section:<\/p>\n