In <1992Aug17.124402.22334 at gserv1.dl.ac.uk> ES at UK.AC.AFRC.JII writes:
>Could anyone provide us with the internet access number of NCBI?
>The address NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV being unknown of our computer address
>database, we can't currently use ftp to that site.
On Unix systems there is a tool called nslookup which you can use
to find out IP numbers if you have the IP address. He is the result.
sun4 /csc/harper 43> nslookup NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV
Server: venus.csc.fi
Address: 128.214.46.21
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV
Address: 130.14.20.1
RGDS -=ROB=-
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