How do i find the "host" of a hosting company

I am trying to find out the "host" of a hosting company ( if that makes sense )
whats is the easiest way to do this?

so say a guy has a reseller hosting account - i want to find out the what company hes hosting it on etc or hes got a dedicated server and i want to find out what company its hostied on? and please dont say "whois"

i cannot find out as the hoster has private Ns records

thanks

 

Have you tried asking him?

 

ping the domain, then find the IP and use it to see what his hostname is, or check a DNS whois and you can probably find the hostname that way too.

 

Cheers Stroh,

i pinged the ip and done an echo - the simple stuff i always forget thanks again