Questions tagged [nslookup]
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How can I direct a query to specific DNS server?
I would like to issue a query to a specific DNS server, whose IP address I know. It doesn't really matter if it's on Windows or *nix.
In Windows I can do something like:
C:\Documents and Settings\Anton Daneyko>nslookup superuser.com
Server: …
Anton Daneyko
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nslookup DNS query won't display authoritative answer
I am trying to get the authoritative DNS servers for a server in Europe per my assignment instructions. I looked up how to do it and got two different ways.
One is:
nslookup -type=soa ox.ac.uk
And the other is:
nslookup -type=ns ox.ac.uk
Both give…
modernNeo
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Why does nslookup give NXDOMAIN but dig works fine?
I don't see an exact answer for this elsewhere, so I'm going to be brave and ask here. I have a linode and have set up a DNS A record for my host which I'll call A.wc.net. When I look it up using nslookup on A.wc.net, I get this kind of answer:
#…
Rich
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How to properly test a local DNS server locally?
Context
I intended to set up a local DNS server with Technitium and would like to verify the local DNS server returns the correct response when it is being queried for a domain. It does not work while using nslookup mydomain.com. I expect that to…
a.t.
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Using nslookup with google IPv6 DNS?
I am trying to use nslookup to query google.com with 2001:4860:4860::8888, which is google IPv6 DNS. But I get no response, eg connection. always times out.
When I try same procedure just as DNS put 8.8.8.8, which is IPv4 DNS, everything works…
MegaManX
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Why does nslookup return "DNS request timed out"
I was using a public computer on some public network and wanted to see how nslookup worked there.
I tried set type=ns for some web-site and got this message:
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
Then I tried set ti=30 and some other…
ans
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What does the # symbol after an IP address mean?
I resolved an IP address from a URL using nslookup and noticed the following:
nslookup https://example.com
Server 192.168.3.214
Address 192.168.3.214#53
What does the #53 at the end mean?
Linton
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NSLookup in PowerShell always throws RemoteException error
When I run nslookup from a PowerShell script, I always get an error (which is output to the console) despite the fact the lookup succeeds:
PS C:\Windows\system32> $MyOutput = nslookup -q=SOA superuser.com
8.8.4.4 nslookup : Non-authoritative answer:…
I say Reinstate Monica
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Ping fails to find host but NSLookup resolves okay on Windows
We have an intermittent problem on Windows 8 whereby Ping fails to find the host but NSLookup resolves it correctly.
Ping host1 - fails with ping could not find host
Ping host1.domain.local - also fails with ping could not find host
IPConfig…
NickC
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NSlookup and linux Dig
On linux I can list all entries in the DNS table ending with "80" using:
dig axfr my.domain | grep 80
How do I do that with NSlookup on windows? I have tried starting NSlookup and typing
ls my.domain
Which gives me the full list. But how do I…
u123
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Windows nslookup: Do reverse DNS lookup in one step?
A lot of times I need to see if a host's reverse DNS matches the A record it's associated with. So, what I do is nslookup superuser.com followed by nslookup 64.34.119.12. Is there a way to get nslookup to do this in one step?
BenGC
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nslookup different results using same dns server?
My understanding of nslookup is when you tell it what DNS server to use you are bypassing the NIC's defined DNS server, right?
Here is an example, when I run nslookup from home:
nslookup - 8.8.8.8
> mydomain.com
It returns a different (and wrong)…
Philip Ingram
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Difference Nslookup vs. ping -a
We are trying to setup reverse look-up zones in our Windows environment. Prior to setting up the zones, nslookup would fail to resolve an IP to hostname. Oddly ping -a would resolve a hostname. Does ping -a use a different method such as netbios…
user2565554
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What does nslookup -type=ns really do?
I know my question is a newbie answer. I been looking at the websites, but I can't really get a good answer or at least an answer that I can understand. So lets say I type in 'nslookup www.mit.edu'. I get one non-authoritative answer. When I type in…
Peter Sun
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Domain name is not resolving (Can't find: No answer)
I'm having a domain yantdom.com
It has valid whois information:
Name Server: ns1.myownns.ru
Name Server: ns2.myownns.ru
And the nameserver it's stored on works fine:
$nslookup yantdom.com ns1.myownns.ru
Server: ns1.myownns.ru
Address: …
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