<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2838" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if it is a new domain, sometimes the registrar is a little bit delayed in writing that change to the root dns servers.  Network Solutions, for example, runs all the domain transfers/updates/etc in a batch ever 24 hours.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>run a whois query to find out wether or not the root servers have the latest DNS servers for the respective domain.  The authoritative DNS servers for the specific domain are usually listed at the bottom.    If they aren't correct, then it's just a waiting game.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if whois returns the correct DNS server, then run dig, using the @ parameter to specify the remote server (instead of your default).   If it returns the correct address, then you've probably got an invalid cache on one of the following</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) local machine cache --- not sure how to fix this in linux, but in windows, run ipconfig /flushdns</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) browser cache (iexplore has its own cache that is distinct from the OS... not sure about mozilla though)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) invalid cache in the dns servers that you have specified in resolv.conf.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=xenoterracide@gmail.com href="mailto:xenoterracide@gmail.com">Caleb Cushing</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=linux-user@egr.msu.edu href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">Linux User</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [GLLUG] nslookup and dig</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I was trying to do an nslookup or dig on a friends page. and it can't find it however I can see it with my web browser using either the ip address or the URL. this is a new page. but I'm wondering why the the browser would be able to resolve it but not the CLI utilities. I have been able to resolve other pages with these utilities. <BR> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>linux-user mailing list<BR>linux-user@egr.msu.edu<BR>http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>