On a Unix machine you can type in the following command at the prompt:

nslookup <domain name>

Where <domain name> is replaced by what you are looking for.

In this case:

nslookup wn.apc.org

resulted in the IP address:  196.6.208.1

Hope this helps!

Brad Jensen
Master's Candidate
School of Information
University of Michigan

On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Jeff Cochrane 205 wrote:

> Greetings Afrik-ITers!
>
> Anthony Brooks writes:
>
> > Your question is a fairly technical one and I'll explain
> > how this works.  I'll try not to make it over your head.
>
> I'm most grateful.  Thanks very much!
>
> My original question was this:
>
> > >Do all Internet services require the user to have an IP number?  When
> > >I send an email, for example, does the receiving system need to know
> > >my IP number, or simply the IP number of my SMTP server?
>
> Anthony Brooks then responds:
>
> > Yes. ALL (as in every) computer (or communicating device) on the Internet
> > has to have an IP address.  There are no exceptions.
>
> That's clear enough.  Thanks.
>
> I have a friend in Malawi who has an address something like this:
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> How do I find out what this friend's IP address is?
>
> Cheers!
> Jeff @ Washington
>