it reads this: Traceroute failed. Host may not be active. Note: Some ISPs don't allow ping and trace to be done on their clients. Im using this address
www.testmy.net. "Do it all" gave me this:
; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> any
www.testmy.net;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35371
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 12
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.testmy.net. IN ANY
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.testmy.net. 45512 IN A 74.52.182.125
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
testmy.net. 62584 IN NS ns1.theplanet.com.
testmy.net. 62584 IN NS ns2.theplanet.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.theplanet.com. 21171 IN A 207.44.128.229
ns1.theplanet.com. 21171 IN A 70.86.61.133
ns1.theplanet.com. 21171 IN A 70.86.61.134
ns1.theplanet.com. 21171 IN A 70.87.7.70
ns1.theplanet.com. 21171 IN A 70.87.7.71
ns1.theplanet.com. 21171 IN A 207.44.128.228
ns2.theplanet.com. 21264 IN A 70.86.61.136
ns2.theplanet.com. 21264 IN A 70.87.7.72
ns2.theplanet.com. 21264 IN A 70.87.7.73
ns2.theplanet.com. 21264 IN A 207.44.128.230
ns2.theplanet.com. 21264 IN A 207.44.128.231
ns2.theplanet.com. 21264 IN A 70.86.61.135
;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 69.56.222.10#53(69.56.222.10)
;; WHEN: Fri Jan 4 09:27:37 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 289
WWWhois Results:
Connecting to whois.crsnic.net...
NOT FOUND: No match for
www.testmy.netWhois Server Version 2.0
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to
http://www.internic.netfor detailed information.
No match for "
WWW.testmy.net".
>>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:26:58 UTC <<<
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view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration.
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IP Whois Results:
Connecting to whois.arin.net...
OrgName: ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc.
OrgID: TPCM
Address: 1333 North Stemmons Freeway
Address: Suite 110
City: Dallas
StateProv: TX
PostalCode: 75207
Country: US
ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.theplanet.com:4321
NetRange: 74.52.0.0 - 74.54.255.255
CIDR: 74.52.0.0/15, 74.54.0.0/16
NetName: NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-14
NetHandle: NET-74-52-0-0-1
Parent: NET-74-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.THEPLANET.COM
NameServer: NS2.THEPLANET.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2006-02-17
Updated: 2007-07-11
RTechHandle: PP46-ARIN
RTechName: Pathos, Peter
RTechPhone: +1-214-782-7800
RTechEmail:
admins@theplanet.com OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE271-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-214-782-7802
OrgAbuseEmail:
abuse@theplanet.comOrgNOCHandle: TECHN33-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Technical Support
OrgNOCPhone: +1-214-782-7800
OrgNOCEmail:
admins@theplanet.comOrgTechHandle: TECHN33-ARIN
OrgTechName: Technical Support
OrgTechPhone: +1-214-782-7800
OrgTechEmail:
admins@theplanet.com# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-01-03 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
Checking Port 80
...
Port 80 is open and accepting connections.
Ping Results:
Ping failed. Host may not be active. Note: Some ISPs don't allow ping and trace to be done on their clients.
Traceroute Results:
Traceroute failed. Host may not be active. Note: Some ISPs don't allow ping and trace to be done on their clients.
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