Whereis is a Google Maps tool which allows you to locate where in the world a specific Internet server is sitting. This could be a website URL; eg: http://www.cnn.com or http://news.bbc.co.uk or a mail server address like mail.yourisp.com. Try any website or server address and see where that physical server is currently accepting requests from. It gives you new appreciation for the power of the Internet by showing you the distance your web requests must travel to display pictures and text in your web browser..
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Well, not all that accurately. I put in two of my sites which run on the same physical server - 3e.org and weaseltrek.com - and it placed them on opposite coasts of the US.
It's wrong for me too (www.uwindsor.ca). My guess is that it uses trace route to find the destination webserver and that somewhere up the line an admin has blocked tracert.
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