unable to get a nslookup on windows client
Niall O'Reilly
Niall.oReilly at ucd.ie
Wed Nov 21 11:56:03 UTC 2007
On 20 Nov 2007, at 22:08, Kevin Darcy wrote:
> Short version (not that I'm famous for being terse): nslookup sucks.
Yes, but ...
When I try to explain this, my colleagues who live mainly (or even
exclusively) in the MS Windows environment tell me, "nslookup is
all there is". Installing BIND, just to have dig on their machines,
seems to have too high a (perceived) cost.
Maybe there's an easy path for those who don't have the luxury of
working in an environment where dig is just part of the furniture.
I don't know, because I have that luxury. If there is, I'ld like
to be made aware of it, so that instead of projecting the image of
an "I-know-better dig snob", I can give practical advice to people
stuck with nslookup.
Pointers welcome; thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Niall O'Reilly
University College Dublin IT Services
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