gaurish@Digital-Den:~$ traceroute www.gmail.com traceroute to www.gmail.com (72.14.221.18), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 * * * 2 * * * 3 * * * 4 * * * 5 * * * 6 * * * 7 * * * 8 * * * 9 * * * 10 * * * 11 * * * 12 * * * 13 * * * 14 * * * 15 * * * 16 * * * 17 * * * 18 * * * 19 * * * 20 * * * 21 * * * 22 * * * 23 * * * 24 * * * 25 * * * 26 * * * 27 * * * 28 * * * 29 * * * 30 * * * gaurish@Digital-Den:~$ dig www.gmail.com ; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> www.gmail.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37579 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.gmail.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.gmail.com. 83073 IN CNAME mail.google.com. mail.google.com. 601313 IN CNAME googlemail.l.google.com. googlemail.l.google.com. 88 IN A 72.14.221.18 googlemail.l.google.com. 88 IN A 72.14.221.19 googlemail.l.google.com. 88 IN A 72.14.221.17 googlemail.l.google.com. 88 IN A 72.14.221.83 ;; Query time: 206 msec ;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222) ;; WHEN: Sun Oct 21 15:42:13 2007 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 148 gaurish@Digital-Den:~$