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Skype Free. Type cmd and click okay. Using the search option is where things differ. Doing this will give you the option to access PowerShell as Admin. This menu also includes Run and several other Windows Utilities. Did you know? This option provides an interface, whereas standard PowerShell looks more like Command Prompt. Okay, now for the really good stuff! I have a very active imagination. The nslookup command is helpful in diagnosing issues with DNS name resolution.

Nslookup can also provide information on DNS records for your domain. This is the same as the above example, just in—you guessed it—reverse:. For this, you would use the Windows set command. You can also use the nslookup and set command to verify or troubleshoot DNS records for your domain. You can address any errors or issues you discover from this information quickly. After the initial nslookup command, you can run set commands for each record.

This applies even if you start verifying records for another domain. Tip : It may be helpful to clear your DNS cache before performing commands. Your cache should now be cleared. This will provide the header information of DNS server requests see screenshot below. For network diagnostics, you can run a ping command in CMD. A ping measures the latency of a connection for a target location.

Another helpful command for network diagnostics is the traceroute command. This is especially handy for troubleshooting connectivity issues.

What the command is doing is verifying the route packets take to arrive at their destination. The different stops listed are also called hops. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Peter Peter 5, 1 1 gold badge 24 24 silver badges 32 32 bronze badges. This worked better than nslookup as the conflicting machine is on another domain. Thanks a lot! This works , but it's actually the wrong tool for the job. Ping is used to measure network latency, it performs name or IP lookups just as a side effect of its main purpose.

Massimo - given the constraints of the original question what would you suggest instead? As stated, the lookup is a byproduct. Show 5 more comments. It will tell you the server you're querying and the result. Mark Amerine Turner Mark Amerine Turner 2, 1 1 gold badge 16 16 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges. I tried Peter's answer, and found the conflicting machine was on another domain. So reverse lookup through DNS simply doesn't work on those because there's nothing to look up.

Xzenor True, hence: "If the resolution method is of no concern" and "If you need to be sure you're querying your DNS server for the correct name, use nslookup ". I provide answers for both options, but the question is specifically about doing reverse DNS look-up.

X Non-authoritative answer: 8. X Name: google-public-dns-a. Tony Wall 5 5 bronze badges. M Aguilar M Aguilar 5 5 silver badges 5 5 bronze badges. If you're crazy old-school like me, then you didn't realize until just now that you no longer have to search for the IP backwards, like "1.

It's much better to have the actual in-addr. Of course, there isn't a reverse entry for every ip address. Evan Anderson Evan Anderson k 18 18 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Its the best dig -x w.