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. -- -chort AKA Brian Keefer The thoughts I express are generally piped from /dev/random, needless to say they do not represent my fine employer: CipherTrust, Inc - www.ciphertrust.com
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