IP Adress

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  coordoparticipationinformelle · Member · Apr 5, 2017 at 2:07 pm

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  I need to obtain the IP Adress of the server on which my site is hosted. How do I get it ? Thank you !

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  otpidusprime · Member · Apr 5, 2017 at 2:31 pm

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  Hi there,
  Follow the instructions to get the IP address of the server that hosts your site.
  1. Open CMD
  2. The type in the following command in CMD
  ping projetparticipationpolitiqueinformelle.wordpress.com
  3. You will then get a result like this:

  Pinging lb.wordpress.com [IP ADDRESS] with 32 bytes of data:
  Reply from IP ADDRESS: bytes=32 time=130ms TTL=47
  Reply from IP ADDRESS: bytes=32 time=125ms TTL=47
  Reply from IP ADDRESS: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=47
  Reply from IP ADDRESS: bytes=32 time=350ms TTL=47
  
  Ping statistics for IP ADDRESS:
      Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
  Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
      Minimum = 125ms, Maximum = 350ms, Average = 183ms

  4. The IP ADDRESS will contain the actual IP ADDRESS of the server.

  Hope this helps :)

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  benjaminhilton · Member · Apr 5, 2017 at 2:36 pm

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  Hello coordoparticipationinformelle!

  Here is a link to a thread that answers your question, answered succinctly by thesacredpath and tellyworth.

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-is-the-word-press-ip-address?replies=5

  But, in effect, as your site is under the umbrella of WordPress.com, it doesn’t have a specific IP address.

  Please let me know if this needs clarifying at all or if there’s anything further with which I can help you.

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  benjaminhilton · Member · Apr 5, 2017 at 2:39 pm

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  Much more of a meticulous reply from otpidusprime, fantastically answered.

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  otpidusprime · Member · Apr 5, 2017 at 4:10 pm

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  @benjaminhilton, thank you :)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 6, 2017 at 8:53 am

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  @coordoparticipationinformelle

  Please disregard both answers you’ve received in this thread. @optidusprime’s method will not give you the correct IPs you need to map a domain here, and @benjaminhilton linked to a thread that’s 8 years old and we don’t use those IPs any more.

  If you want to connect a domain registered elsewhere we recommend you change the domain’s name servers, as explained here:

  Use a Domain You Already Own (Domain Mapping)

  Any other DNS records you might need, for example for your email to work, you can add on our end after you add the domain mapping, and once you switch the name servers everything will still work.

  Custom DNS

  However, if you prefer to keep your DNS at your current provider you can map using IPs instead. Just keep in mind that IPs can change over time at which point your site will stop working.

  You will need to add two A-records with these IPs:

  192.0.78.24

  192.0.78.25

  @optidusprime,

  The reason your method won’t work is because sites on the free WordPress.com address and sites on mapped domains do not use the same IPs. Your method will give the current IPs for the former, not for the latter. We generally also try to keep things as simple as possible for users – most users who post here won’t even know how to access the command line interface, much less how to properly use it.

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  otpidusprime · Member · Apr 6, 2017 at 9:21 am

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  @kokkieh
  Noted. Thanks for the heads up :)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 6, 2017 at 11:00 am

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  You’re welcome :)

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  benjaminhilton · Member · Apr 6, 2017 at 12:09 pm

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  @kokkieh

  I appreciate the clarification as well! Please forgive the errant response!

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 6, 2017 at 4:56 pm

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  @benjaminhilton

  No worries. That’s how one learns :)