From: ts Date: 2004-10-03T17:08:23+09:00 Subject: Re: Socket::gethostbyname() >>>>> "C" == CarlosRivera writes: C> [~]host www.ebay.com C> www.ebay.com is an alias for pages.ebay.com. C> pages.ebay.com has address 66.135.208.101 C> pages.ebay.com has address 66.135.192.87 C> pages.ebay.com has address 66.135.192.88 C> pages.ebay.com has address 66.135.208.88 C> [~] svg% ruby -rsocket Socket::gethostbyname("www.ebay.com")[3..-1].each do |ali| p Socket.unpack_sockaddr_in(ali) end ^D [0, "66.135.192.87"] [0, "66.135.192.88"] [0, "66.135.208.88"] [0, "66.135.208.101"] svg% Guy Decoux