How to Find Server Name From An URL

If your boss or colleague ask you to find out the server name from an URL how would you do it? For example you will need to find the Server name that host the site test.example.org so that someone else could do some work on it. Here's how:

1. First Click on Start -> Run -> Type in CMD to open Command Prompt.

2. Next ping the URL to the get the IP of the server that host the query site.

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H:\>ping test.example.org

Pinging test.example.org [192.172.41.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.172.41.65: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=116
Reply from 192.172.41.65: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=116
Reply from 192.172.41.65: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=116
Reply from 192.172.41.65: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=116

Ping statistics for 192.172.41.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 40ms, Maximum = 43ms, Average = 41ms
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3. Now use nbtstat -A command to find out the server name.

H:\>nbtstat -A 192.172.41.65

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.172.82.73] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table

       Name               Type         Status
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    EXAMPLESERVER       <00> UNIQUE      Registered
    mDomain                      <00> GROUP       Registered
    EXAMPLESERVER       <20> UNIQUE      Registered
    mDomain                       <1E> GROUP       Registered

MAC Address = 00-0C-29-6C-0E-5A