On Fri, 4 Jul 2003, Joseph Loo wrote:

> I understand that, but it helps to let you know that the dns resolution 
> has been solved. It will at least comeback with the ip address which 
> indicates the dns is okay. That is what I was looking for on that 
> particuliar ping.

If you're just trying to resolve external DNS, use dig.

$ dig ibm.com ns
$ dig @<ibm.com's authoritative server> ibm.com any

etc...

Test exactly what you mean to test, don't introduce other variables by
testing in a round-about way.

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