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How to Use nslookup to Check DNS Records?

How to Use nslookup to Check DNS Records?

If you've ever been asked by a support team to "run nslookup and send me the output," you already know how central this tool is. nslookup ships wit

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How to Use the dig Command for DNS Lookups?

How to Use the dig Command for DNS Lookups?

When a DNS problem needs real answers rather than guesses, dig is the tool most engineers reach for. Short for "domain information groper," it ship

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How to Perform a Reverse DNS Lookup?

How to Perform a Reverse DNS Lookup?

An unfamiliar IP address shows up in your server logs a few thousand times an hour. A mail server rejects your messages with a vague note about rever

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What Do NXDOMAIN, SERVFAIL, and REFUSED Mean in DNS Responses?

What Do NXDOMAIN, SERVFAIL, and REFUSED Mean in DNS Responses?

Every DNS response carries a small number in its header called the response code, or RCODE. Most of the time it's zero, meaning everything worked

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What Does the DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Error Mean, and How Do You Fix It?

What Does the DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Error Mean, and How Do You Fix It?

You type a URL, hit Enter, and instead of a page Chrome shows "This site can't be reached" with a small code underneath: `DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

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How to Fix the "DNS Server Not Responding" Error?

How to Fix the "DNS Server Not Responding" Error?

Every website is suddenly unreachable, you run Windows Network Diagnostics, and it reports: "Your computer appears to be correctly configured, but th

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