KevinW Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 There are plenty of web sites that allow you to do DNS lookups (nslookup) of a domain name. Found a site tonite that allows you to specifiy the DNS name server to use for the query. Take a look at NSLOOKUP. Why do you need something like this? Case in point: I am in the process of transferring an existing web site over to TCH. I went to Network Solutions. where the domain name was registered, and upgraded the domain name so that its nameservers pointed to TCH. So far so good. Well, a week later -- everyone in the world, just about, can see the new website -- except for me at home! From home, entering the web site's domain name takes me immediately to the old site, not the new site. I knew my computers and server and network connections were OK. I am connected to the Internet via DSL from Verizon. So, using the above NSLOOKUP web site, I was able to test the domain name against each of the 4 valid Verizon DNS name servers that my router picks up automatically. And guess what? Two of the 4 Verizon name servers have outdated information and were showing my site's domain name with the old web site's name server. I used this information to contact and inform Verizon that their DNS name servers are not current with each other! -kw Quote
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