nslookups on a dns server

[hef]

I need to implement a secondary zone on my windows 2000 dns servers.
The remote domain is running bind and thay have allowed axfr to our
domain. What i need to know is when I do a nslookup and point it to a
different server will this affect dns queries being sent to this
server or is nslookup self contained.

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

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I need to implement a secondary zone on my windows 2000 dns servers.
The remote domain is running bind and thay have allowed axfr to our
domain. What i need to know is when I do a nslookup and point it to a
different server will this affect dns queries being sent to this
server or is nslookup self contained.

Nslookup is self contained with its own cache, it does however keep the DNS
suffix search list in its resolution routine.
When doing a query with nslookup you should follow the name with a trailing
dot "." this prevents nslookup from appending with the search list suffixes.

 

[Jonathan de Boyne Pollard]

h> when I do a nslookup

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h> will this affect dns queries being sent to this server

No.