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DNS Tools mcp6453 05-07-2008
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Posted by mcp6453 on May 7, 2008, 9:17 pm
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Question 1:

Is there a web site or a software tool that will allow me to put in a
domain name or an IP address and get the complete DNS record for that
domain? I use network-tools.com, but I think there are more records than
show up with a search there. Maybe not.

Question 2:

Friend has a business with a web site on a shared server. He also has an
Exchange server with a static IP address. A web designer convinced him
to move his web site from one server to another one. They are struggling
to make sure the DNS is right before tomorrow.

What is the correct entry to make sure that incoming mail gets to the
Exchange server? As you will see below, I do not understand the proper
way to set up the DNS record.

DOMAIN.com IN A 00.00.00.00
mail.DOMAIN.com IN A 11.11.11.11
server.DOMAIN.com IN C mail.DOMAIN.com.

So the web site is served on the server at 00.00.00.00. The Exchange
server is at 11.11.11.11. Is the "server.DOMAIN.com" entry correct?

I'm sorry this explanation is so disjointed. Obviously I'm confused.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Posted by Jerry Stuckle on May 8, 2008, 12:01 am
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mcp6453 wrote:
> Question 1:
>
> Is there a web site or a software tool that will allow me to put in a
> domain name or an IP address and get the complete DNS record for that
> domain? I use network-tools.com, but I think there are more records than
> show up with a search there. Maybe not.
>
> Question 2:
>
> Friend has a business with a web site on a shared server. He also has an
> Exchange server with a static IP address. A web designer convinced him
> to move his web site from one server to another one. They are struggling
> to make sure the DNS is right before tomorrow.
>
> What is the correct entry to make sure that incoming mail gets to the
> Exchange server? As you will see below, I do not understand the proper
> way to set up the DNS record.
>
> DOMAIN.com IN A 00.00.00.00
> mail.DOMAIN.com IN A 11.11.11.11
> server.DOMAIN.com IN C mail.DOMAIN.com.
>
> So the web site is served on the server at 00.00.00.00. The Exchange
> server is at 11.11.11.11. Is the "server.DOMAIN.com" entry correct?
>
> I'm sorry this explanation is so disjointed. Obviously I'm confused.
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>

whois? command line utility available on most platforms.

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Posted by Brian Cryer on May 8, 2008, 4:06 am
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> mcp6453 wrote:
>> Question 1:
>>
>> Is there a web site or a software tool that will allow me to put in a
>> domain name or an IP address and get the complete DNS record for that
>> domain? I use network-tools.com, but I think there are more records than
>> show up with a search there. Maybe not.
<snip>
> whois? command line utility available on most platforms.

Sadly (?) not provided with Windows (not on my Vista box at any rate),
although I'm sure equivalent tools must be available for download. For
windows users an on-line service is probably (almost) as good.
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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on May 8, 2008, 8:40 am
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Brian Cryer wrote:
>> mcp6453 wrote:
>>> Question 1:
>>>
>>> Is there a web site or a software tool that will allow me to put in a
>>> domain name or an IP address and get the complete DNS record for that
>>> domain? I use network-tools.com, but I think there are more records
>>> than show up with a search there. Maybe not.
> <snip>
>> whois? command line utility available on most platforms.
>
> Sadly (?) not provided with Windows (not on my Vista box at any rate),
> although I'm sure equivalent tools must be available for download. For
> windows users an on-line service is probably (almost) as good.

http://www.google.com/search?q=whois+windows&

859K hits, with lots of versions available for download. I prefer it
over a web page - much faster.

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Posted by Andrew Heenan on May 8, 2008, 8:58 am
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> Is there a web site or a software tool that will allow me to put in a
> domain name or an IP address and get the complete DNS record for that
> domain?

http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/
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