Whois search

Good alternative WHOIS sites
Coolwhois Domaintools Who.is Domaincrawler
What's on the server? Reverse IP
IP-adress Webhosting.info Domaintools (subscribers) Netcraft report
Click site report for WHOIS, then "netblock owner".
IP Explorer
Domaintool's tool for checking similar or adjacent IP addresses.
 
     
Historical WHOIS information
Domaintools (subscribers) Who.is archive (free)    
International WHOIS & IP research
National Authorities
International bodies that issue country code domains. If WHOIS fails, go to the source!
See also IANA
Generic Domains
Authorities for domains that don't have a country code or
standard top level domain.
Nominet
British domain authority who
oversee the .uk domain names
The TV Corp.
WHOIS for the .tv domain. See also DotFM WHOIS for the .fm domain
Specialist IP address tools
Visual Traceroute 
Geographically trace the actual server containing a Web page or allocated an IP address. 
Whatismyipaddress
Locate an IP address down to the users home town! also - try email tracer (with caution!)
DNS Stuff
Various tools to probe a server.
IP Explorer
Domaintool's tool for checking similar or adjacent IP addresses.
 
International IPs
Find which regional authority handles IP address allocation for a country. 
RIPE
The IP issuing authority for Europe, have the best WHOIS lookup for European IP addresses.

 
ARIN
IP authority for for North America 
APNIC
IP authority for the Asia Pacific region.
LACNIC for Latin America & the Caribbean, and AFRINIC for Africa

 

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