Finding out ip adress of old hosting space?

[Messiah Khan]

Ive just transfrerred my web hosting from Easyspace to Register1. The DNS is currently propagating, however I still need access to the old site to copy some files. How do I find out the ip address of the Easyspace hosting space? Ive looked in the control panel and can't find anything, and ive done a DNS lookup, but it just shows the Register1 space. Any ideas?

 

[Inquisitor]

It won't have a unique IP address unless you've actually configured one yourself, which would likely involve paying extra to your host. Can't you use FTP?

 

[Sic]

you could do nslookup on it if it's not propagated over yet - what's the domain?

 

[Adz]

Assuming you haven't cancelled your Easyspace account, do this:

(command prompt)
nslookup
server ns1.easyspace.com (replace if you were using different nameservers, pick one at random)
yourdomain.com (replace with your hosted domain)

Copy the IP to your clipboard.

Edit c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and add a line:

192.168.0.1 www.yourdomain.com (replace the IP and domain)

Save, restart your browser then navigate to your site. You should then see it as it was prior to the move to Register1.

 

[Messiah Khan]

It won't have a unique IP address unless you've actually configured one yourself, which would likely involve paying extra to your host. Can't you use FTP?

you could do nslookup on it if it's not propagated over yet - what's the domain?

Its already propagated. Its afowler.co.uk btw

Assuming you haven't cancelled your Easyspace account, do this:

(command prompt)
nslookup
server ns1.easyspace.com (replace if you were using different nameservers, pick one at random)
yourdomain.com (replace with your hosted domain)

Copy the IP to your clipboard.

Edit c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and add a line:

192.168.0.1 www.yourdomain.com (replace the IP and domain)

Save, restart your browser then navigate to your site. You should then see it as it was prior to the move to Register1.

Thanks for that, but whatever I try it returns 91.151.213.1 which is the register1 IP. Im stuck for ideas now.

 

[Adz]

If you're querying the DNS server that Easyspace gave you when you signed up and it's still returning the Register1 IP then it sounds like they've closed your account.

I'd suggest giving them a call in the morning to see if anything can be done .

 

[Messiah Khan]

Hmm, if I ping afowler.co.uk, it returns 84.22.161.11 which is an easyspace IP. Putting that in to the hosts file allows me to access the site, but not the FTP. Any ideas?

 

[Adz]

Follow my previous instructions, use one of the nameservers your domain was pointed to BEFORE you moved it to Register1 (in place of ns1.easyspace.com) and instead lookup ftp.afowler.co.uk (or whatever you used to use as your FTP hostname).

This will give you the correct IP for FTP.