dns

How to retrieve the previous IP address for a web site

Moved your web site to a different server? Realized you forgot something after the DNS switched? Issue the following command from your computer's terminal to retrieve the previous IP address for site from the nameserver's cached A record entry:

 

Same nameservers?

dig some-domain.com A @ns1.current-nameserver.net

 

Different nameservers?

dig some-domain.com A @ns1.the-old-nameserver.net

 

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