DNS Query Question

Are you using a dial-up connection ? If so winpcap is useless..
Cheers,

--High Speed Cable Connection.

Hmmm.. no idea what it is then..
Why not switch to an advanced operating system instead then ?

This is an old discussion and those concerned with it are probably long gone, however, if you are using Windows 2000/XP you can use the "nslookup" command-line utility to run both recursive and iterative DNS queries.

By default, it is set to send a recursive query. But if you really wanted to take the time to run your own iterative query you could type "set norecurse" from within nslookup and then follow the path of DNS servers to your destination. :lol:

For example:
Go to the command prompt and type...
ipconfig /flushdns <ENTER> (If you don't do this command the "DNS Client" service will take over and give you a cached non-authoritative answer.)
nslookup <ENTER>
set norecurse <ENTER>
www.firewall.cx <ENTER>

-- You'll get a list of DNS servers hosting the CX domain.
========================
&gt; www.firewall.cx
Server: ns14.attbi.com
Address: 63.240.76.198

Name: www.firewall.cx
Served by:
- estia.ics.forth.gr
139.91.191.3
cx
- ns1.cx-nic.org
216.254.62.186
cx
- ns.cx-nic.org.nz
203.63.5.10
cx
- cx1.tlddns.net
63.208.196.89
cx
- cx2.tlddns.net
209.69.32.136
cx
- cx3.tlddns.net
63.209.15.209
cx
========================


server [IP address of one of these DNS servers] &lt;ENTER&gt;
www.firewall.cx <ENTER>

-- You'' get a list of DNS servers responsible for the FIREWALL.CX domain.

==============================
&gt; www.firewall.cx
Server: [139.91.191.3]
Address: 139.91.191.3

Name: www.firewall.cx
Served by:
- gateway.firewall.cx
66.45.237.140
firewall.cx
- ns1.65535.net

firewall.cx
- ns2.65535.net

firewall.cx
- ns3.65535.net

firewall.cx
==============================

server 66.45.237.140 &lt;ENTER&gt;
www.firewall.cx <ENTER>

You end up discovering that 66.45.237.140 is the IP for www.firewall.cx ... kinda time consuming... I much prefer recursive queries. :)

Useful info..
Thanks bionicthumb..