How to use nslookup to check DNS server set-up?

[Thor Kottelin]

BIND Users Mailing List wrote:

> From: "David Cost" <dcost at post.com>

> Is it best to move to another computer to run NSlookup so you are looking at
> it from the outside?

You can specify an external server for nslookup to use; this will result
in "looking at your domain from the outside".

> When you us nslookup, do you use the IP address of the machine you're
> looking for, or the nameserver name?

You enter whatever you want to resolve. If you want to perform a reverse
lookup, it's OK to enter an IP address. You can also specify the server
using an IP address instead of using its name.

Thor

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