@IPADDRESS[] always returns 11001

[djspits]

Happy Hollydays, everyone!

 

[rconn]

Not reproducible here.

[D:\]echo %@ipaddress[jpsoft.com]
162.159.248.21

What is the exact syntax you're using?

 

[Charles G]

[C:\Program Files\JPSoft\TCMD17x64]ver & echo %@ipaddress[jpsoft.com]

TCC  17.00.68 x64   Windows 7 [Version 6.1.7601]
162.159.248.21

 

[vefatica]

When @IPADDRESS[host] fails, what do you get from this command?

nslookup host

 

[Jay Sage]

When I pass a nonexistent domain name (or, perhaps, more exactly, a malformed domain name), the result, after a noticeable delay, is 11001.

TCC(17.00.69): C:\>echo %@ipaddress[jpsoft]
11001
​

If I enter a properly formed domain name that does not exist (presumably), I get a different result.

TCC(17.00.69): C:\>echo %@ipaddress[jpsoft.comx.zz]
92.242.140.21
​

But that is the value that NSLOOKUP returns.

TCC(17.00.69): C:\>nslookup jpsoft.comx.zz
Server: Wireless_Broadband_Router.home
Address: 192.168.1.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: jpsoft.comx.zz
Address: 92.242.140.21
​

 

[TEA-Time]

If I enter a properly formed domain name that does not exist (presumably), I get a different result.

TCC(17.00.69): C:\>echo %@ipaddress[jpsoft.comx.zz]
92.242.140.21
But that is the value that NSLOOKUP returns.

TCC(17.00.69): C:\>nslookup jpsoft.comx.zz
Server: Wireless_Broadband_Router.home
Address: 192.168.1.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: jpsoft.comx.zz
Address: 92.242.140.21

That's unallocated.barefruit.co.uk. Your ISP? I bet your browser goes to an ad.., I mean notification page when it can't resolve a name.

 

[Jay Sage]

If I put that IP address into the browser's URL field results in the following message from Verizon (my service provider is Verizon FiOS):

Sorry, We could not find 92.242.140.21
It may be unavailable or may not exist.​

 

[TEA-Time]

Aha. Yup, I just tried that too. And if you used jpsoft.comx.zz, it would say that instead of the IP address.

Interestingly, unallocated.barefruit.co.uk doesn't resolve to anything, not even 92.242.140.21.

 

[vefatica]

What happens if you put "jpsoft.comx.zz" in your browser's location box?

It wouldn't surprise me if your ISP were doing "DNS Redirection" ... in which DNS returns a "special" IP when you attempt to look up an unknown host. That screws up NSLOOKUP, and if your in a browser, usually results in your being taken to a site that tries to be helpful (mostly with ads).

I had RoadRunner turn off DNS Redirection years ago. But, because of this thread I discovered it was turned on again (no doubt because I bought my own cable modem a while back). It's turned off again after an unnecessary hour on the phone with RoadRunner. It's a simple task (DOCSIS modem setting). Tier 1/2 techs can do it but they didn't know about it (probably typical). The tier 3 tech I finally got knew about it but took 15 minutes figuring out which tool he needed to use to change it.