Parameter | Description |
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nslookup exit Command | Exits nslookup. |
nslookup finger Command | Connects with the finger server on the current computer. |
nslookup help | Displays a short summary of nslookup subcommands. |
nslookup ls | Lists information for a DNS domain. |
nslookup lserver | Changes the default server to the specified DNS domain. |
nslookup root | Changes the default server to the server for the root of the DNS domain name space. |
nslookup server | Changes the default server to the specified DNS domain. |
nslookup set | Changes configuration settings that affect how lookups function. |
nslookup set all | Prints the current values of the configuration settings. |
nslookup set class | Changes the query class. The class specifies the protocol group of the information. |
nslookup set d2 | Turns exhaustive Debugging mode on or off. All fields of every packet are printed. |
nslookup set debug | Turns Debugging mode on or off. |
nslookup /set defname | Appends the default DNS domain name to a single component lookup request. A single component is a component that contains no periods. |
nslookup set domain | Changes the default DNS domain name to the name specified. |
nslookup /set ignore | Ignores packet truncation errors. |
nslookup set port | Changes the default TCP/UDP DNS name server port to the value specified. |
nslookup set querytype | Changes the resource record type for the query. |
nslookup set recurse | Tells the DNS name server to query other servers if it does not have the information. |
nslookup set retry | Sets the number of retries. |
nslookup set root | Changes the name of the root server used for queries. |
nslookup set search | Appends the DNS domain names in the DNS domain search list to the request until an answer is received. This applies when the set and the lookup request contain at least one period, but do not end with a trailing period. |
nslookup set srchlist | Changes the default DNS domain name and search list. |
nslookup set timeout | Changes the initial number of seconds to wait for a reply to a request. |
nslookup set type | Changes the resource record type for the query. |
nslookup set vc | Specifies to use or not use a virtual circuit when sending requests to the server. |
nslookup view | Sorts and lists the output of the previous ls subcommand or commands. |
timed out
|The server did not respond to a request after a certain amount of time and a certain number of retries. You can set the time-out period with the set timeout subcommand. You can set the number of retries with the set retry subcommand.||No response from server
|No DNS name server is running on the server computer.||No records
|The DNS name server does not have resource records of the current query type for the computer, although the computer name is valid. The query type is specified with the set querytype command.||Nonexistent domain
|The computer or DNS domain name does not exist.||Connection refused
Network is unreachable
|The connection to the DNS name server or finger server could not be made. This error commonly occurs with ls and finger requests.||Server failure
|The DNS name server found an internal inconsistency in its database and could not return a valid answer.||Refused
|The DNS name server refused to service the request.||format error
|The DNS name server found that the request packet was not in the proper format. It may indicate an error in nslookup.|Parameter | Description |
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nslookup exit Command | Exits nslookup. |
nslookup finger Command | Connects with the finger server on the current computer. |
nslookup help | Displays a short summary of nslookup subcommands. |
nslookup ls | Lists information for a DNS domain. |
nslookup lserver | Changes the default server to the specified DNS domain. |
nslookup root | Changes the default server to the server for the root of the DNS domain name space. |
nslookup server | Changes the default server to the specified DNS domain. |
nslookup set | Changes configuration settings that affect how lookups function. |
nslookup set all | Prints the current values of the configuration settings. |
nslookup set class | Changes the query class. The class specifies the protocol group of the information. |
nslookup set d2 | Turns exhaustive Debugging mode on or off. All fields of every packet are printed. |
nslookup set debug | Turns Debugging mode on or off. |
nslookup /set defname | Appends the default DNS domain name to a single component lookup request. A single component is a component that contains no periods. |
nslookup set domain | Changes the default DNS domain name to the name specified. |
nslookup /set ignore | Ignores packet truncation errors. |
nslookup set port | Changes the default TCP/UDP DNS name server port to the value specified. |
nslookup set querytype | Changes the resource record type for the query. |
nslookup set recurse | Tells the DNS name server to query other servers if it does not have the information. |
nslookup set retry | Sets the number of retries. |
nslookup set root | Changes the name of the root server used for queries. |
nslookup set search | Appends the DNS domain names in the DNS domain search list to the request until an answer is received. This applies when the set and the lookup request contain at least one period, but do not end with a trailing period. |
nslookup set srchlist | Changes the default DNS domain name and search list. |
nslookup set timeout | Changes the initial number of seconds to wait for a reply to a request. |
nslookup set type | Changes the resource record type for the query. |
nslookup set vc | Specifies to use or not use a virtual circuit when sending requests to the server. |
nslookup view | Sorts and lists the output of the previous ls subcommand or commands. |
timed out
|The server did not respond to a request after a certain amount of time and a certain number of retries. You can set the time-out period with the set timeout subcommand. You can set the number of retries with the set retry subcommand.||No response from server
|No DNS name server is running on the server computer.||No records
|The DNS name server does not have resource records of the current query type for the computer, although the computer name is valid. The query type is specified with the set querytype command.||Nonexistent domain
|The computer or DNS domain name does not exist.||Connection refused
Network is unreachable
|The connection to the DNS name server or finger server could not be made. This error commonly occurs with ls and finger requests.||Server failure
|The DNS name server found an internal inconsistency in its database and could not return a valid answer.||Refused
|The DNS name server refused to service the request.||format error
|The DNS name server found that the request packet was not in the proper format. It may indicate an error in nslookup.|