DNS resolution

Isn't there a way to see how resosulution is occuring. Sourt of a tracert for
dns.?

I want to view what servers are answering and reponding to resolving a
certain resquest.

I would like to see the interative steps

In news:155281CC-724E-4230-B7DD-(E-Mail Removed),
Johnsp <(E-Mail Removed)>, posted the following:
> Isn't there a way to see how resosulution is occuring. Sourt of a
> tracert for dns.?
>
> I want to view what servers are answering and reponding to resolving
> a certain resquest.
>
> I would like to see the interative steps

You can using a packet sniffer. There are many free ones out there, from
NetMon to Wireshark

Wireshark: Go deep.Network protocol analyzer for Windows and Unix that
allows examination of data from a live network, or from a capture file on
disk.
www.wireshark.org/

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"Johnsp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Isn't there a way to see how resosulution is occuring. Sourt of a tracert
> for
> dns.?
>
> I want to view what servers are answering and reponding to resolving a
> certain resquest.
>
> I would like to see the interative steps

Type NSLOOKUP /? from a command prompt.

ThePro