IP-HOSTNAME Conversion Problem  
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sam_cit





PostPosted: 2006-3-28 21:11:00 Top

java-programmer, IP-HOSTNAME Conversion Problem Hi,

I found many utilities in the web or rather the internet to resolve ip
address and host names , i took this example

host name : mp3.box.sk whose IP was resolved to be 69.31.81.51

now i took the same ip and tried to resolve the host name, for my
surprise i found that to be
colo-69-31-81-51.pilosoft.com which is not mp3.box.sk for sure, can
anyone explain as to why this problem is caused?

 
Thomas Weidenfeller





PostPosted: 2006-3-28 21:34:00 Top

java-programmer >> IP-HOSTNAME Conversion Problem email***@***.com wrote:
> now i took the same ip and tried to resolve the host name, for my
> surprise i found that to be
> colo-69-31-81-51.pilosoft.com which is not mp3.box.sk for sure, can
> anyone explain as to why this problem is caused?

If you need to have proper rDNS, you need to talk to your provider.

/Thomas
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Oliver Wong





PostPosted: 2006-3-29 2:32:00 Top

java-programmer >> IP-HOSTNAME Conversion Problem
<email***@***.com> wrote in message
news:email***@***.com...
> Hi,
>
> I found many utilities in the web or rather the internet to resolve ip
> address and host names , i took this example
>
> host name : mp3.box.sk whose IP was resolved to be 69.31.81.51
>
> now i took the same ip and tried to resolve the host name, for my
> surprise i found that to be
> colo-69-31-81-51.pilosoft.com which is not mp3.box.sk for sure, can
> anyone explain as to why this problem is caused?

There isn't a one to one mapping from host names to IP. I have two
websites with two different domain names, but they're hosted on the same
server, and so resolve to the same IP.

- Oliver