How do I verify a Name Server?

[Kevin Darcy]

Cyberdude wrote:

> I signed up for a web hosting service who gave me my own name servers.
>  How can one check to make sure the name servers are visible to the
> public and configured properly?
>
> I have tried an online NSLOOKUP tool and when I specify one of the
> name servers, the domain I enter returns expected results.  When I try
> the other name server, it says the name server is not found.

nslookup sucks. When it says the nameserver is not found, all it means is
that it couldn't do a reverse-lookup on the nameserver's address. That
shouldn't be a fatal error, but with nslookup it is.

Use any other tool besides nslookup to verify the operation of that
nameserver and you should be fine. "dig" is a recommended DNS lookup
tool.


- Kevin