NSLOOKUP Question

[Steve]

Hello

I was hoping someone might be able to provide an answer to
the following question:

:>nslookup

Default Server: machine.lan.domain.com
Address: 10.10.10.10

www.hp.com

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.hpgtm.speedera.net
Addresses: 192.6.234.9
Aliases: www.hp.com

However, if I add a '.' to the end of the name www.hp.com.
I don't get the DNS request timed out message.

Is this normal?

Thanks in advacne

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

When you try with out the trailing "." nslookup first tries appending your
client's DNS suffix to the query:

www.hp.com.mycompany.com

You can see this behavior in nslookup by using the "d2" option.

c:\> nslookup

set d2

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Guest]

Many thanks!!!

-----Original Message-----
When you try with out the trailing "." nslookup first tries appending your
client's DNS suffix to the query:

www.hp.com.mycompany.com

You can see this behavior in nslookup by using the "d2" option.

c:\> nslookup





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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.





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