As you see below I get a ping of www.gmail.com and gmail.com :
C:\>ping www.gmail.com
Pinging googlemail.l.google.com [74.125.232.149] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.232.149: bytes=32 time=118ms TTL=49
Reply from 74.125.232.149: bytes=32 time=119ms TTL=49
Reply from 74.125.232.149: bytes=32 time=118ms TTL=49
Reply from 74.125.232.149: bytes=32 time=124ms TTL=49
Ping statistics for 74.125.232.149:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 118ms, Maximum = 124ms, Average = 119ms
C:\>ping gmail.com
Pinging gmail.com [173.194.39.213] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 173.194.39.213: bytes=32 time=93ms TTL=51
Reply from 173.194.39.213: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=51
Reply from 173.194.39.213: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=51
Reply from 173.194.39.213: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=51
Ping statistics for 173.194.39.213:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 92ms, Maximum = 93ms, Average = 92ms
C:\>
Q1: Why I received two different IP? (I think www.gmail.com is the same gmail.com, Isn't it?)
Q2: Why When I use these IPs to open Gmail homepage, I navigated to google homepage? (Try them)
Q3: What is gmail IP? can I open gmail homepage using an IP?