Networking Guide
Chapter 6, Configuring the Domain Name Service

nslookup interactive commands

nslookup interactive commands

These sample commands are available from the nslookup shell:

volga
Returns the IP address of volga.

132.147.118.1
Returns the name matching the IP address you enter.

set querytype=ns
Sets the query type to the Name Server record. Future queries of names and IP addresses return the NS record from that host.

set querytype=a
Restores the query type to the Address record.

server volga.mynet.COM
Changes the queried server to the server you enter.

lserver sco.sco.COM
Returns to the local server.