www2 and www3 same server

ping it and see

[jeffb711]

so... that google dance tool is showing the same results for a good reason.

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ping www2.google.com

Pinging www2.google.com [216.239.33.100] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.239.33.100: bytes=32 time=111ms TTL=49
Reply from 216.239.33.100: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=49
Reply from 216.239.33.100: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=49
Reply from 216.239.33.100: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 216.239.33.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 100ms, Maximum = 111ms, Average = 102ms

C:\>

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ping www3.google.com

Pinging www3.google.com [216.239.33.100] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.239.33.100: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=49
Reply from 216.239.33.100: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=49
Reply from 216.239.33.100: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=49
Reply from 216.239.33.100: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 216.239.33.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 91ms, Maximum = 100ms, Average = 97ms

C:\>

[jdMorgan]

jeffb711,

It'll be interesting to see if this remains true once the dance is on. I wouldn't put it past them to switch DNS, just to keep us guessing... :)

Jim

[dmorison]

I've never understood why they made www[X].google.com publicly available anyway.

[borisbaloney]

dmorison they do it because it is one last final "beta test" before they inlesh the new index on the main server. If there are serious issues with the new index I can _guarantee_ we will know about it reading this board, and google will reconsider putting it up.

[hetzeld]

> I've never understood why they made www[X].google.com publicly available anyway.

Most probably because all Google employees have too much fun reading the "For sure, it's started!" posts on WebMasterWorld.

[AthlonInside]

Haha, maybe it is virtual hosting. :) (IP sharing hosting)

[Markus]

www2 and www3 are sync for a long time now.

The switch from 216.239.57.100 to 216.239.33.100 happened on March 21 at about 00:30 am CET.

Before it was 216.239.51.100 (until March 07, about 02:30 am CET)

:)

[Chris_R]

www2 and www3 are probably going to stay - as it really doesn't hurt google to keep it - and makes webmasters feel special who know the "secret".

[rfgdxm1]

>I've never understood why they made www[X].google.com publicly available anyway.

What particular advantage would there be not to? One possible reason is that, as someone already suggested, if anything went totally awry savvy webmasters would spot it, and they could pull it back.