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Name Server (DNS) Lookup - Linux
A name server lookup (also referred to as an nslookup or a DNS lookup) provides the IP address assigned to a domain name from your local connection. This the address your Internet Service Provider is using for the given domain or hostname.
Recent changes to your DNS records or name servers may not be reflected in an nslookup. Depending on your Internet Service Provider, old DNS data could be cached for anywhere between 15 minutes and 48 hours.
Open the Terminal from your Applications menu. In the Gnome desktop environment you should find the Terminal in System Tools.
Type nslookup <space> <domain name or hostname> and hit enter.
In the example above, 216.40.42.134 is the IP address given for the hostname mail.hover.com.
Dig
If you want to compare the results of the nslookup to the records on the domain's authoritative name servers, then you can use the dig command as shown in the example above. If nslookup and dig return different IP addresses, this usually indicates that your Internet Service Provider is still holding onto old DNS records for the domain name.
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