NSLOOKUP question

[Andrew]

Hello,

Our network has been running fine every since I built it a
couple of years ago, but to this day, I don't understand
why I get this message when I open a command prompt and
type nslookup:

Can't find server name for address 10.0.0.6: Non-Existant
domain
Default servers are not avaiable.
Default Server: Unknown
Address: 10.0.0.6

10.0.0.6 is the IP address of our one and only Domain
Controller.

Can someone explain to me why I am getting this message
and what steps I can take to fix it, if it even is a
problem. Thanks.

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

In Andrew <[email protected]> posted a question
Then Kevin replied below:
: Hello,
:
: Our network has been running fine every since I built it a
: couple of years ago, but to this day, I don't understand
: why I get this message when I open a command prompt and
: type nslookup:
:
: Can't find server name for address 10.0.0.6: Non-Existant
: domain
: Default servers are not avaiable.
: Default Server: Unknown
: Address: 10.0.0.6
:
: 10.0.0.6 is the IP address of our one and only Domain
: Controller.
:
: Can someone explain to me why I am getting this message
: and what steps I can take to fix it, if it even is a
: problem. Thanks.

You are getting the message because there is either no reverse lookup zone
or no PTR record for the IP of the DNS server in that zone. You can ignore
this if you want.

 

[Tim Rains [MSFT]]

Hi guys.

FYI, this article has all the details:

200525 Using NSlookup.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=200525

Thank-you both for posting.

Tim Rains
Product Support Services
Microsoft Corporation

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