Domain Name Server Records

The changes in a records mx records and other dns records should be done where your name servers are located.

Domain name server records. Returns all records of all types known to the name server. Nslookup command is a program to query internet domain name servers. A dns name server responds with answers to queries against its database. You typically don t need to change those settings unless you want to use another dns service or you want to use white label name servers.

Nameserver lookup or ns lookup is a tool for getting name server records of any domain name. The most common types of records stored in the dns database are for start of authority soa ip addresses a and aaaa smtp mail exchangers mx name servers ns pointers for reverse dns lookups ptr and domain name aliases cname. 2 how to check a dns records of a domain using the nslookup command. When you register a domain with route 53 we automatically create a hosted zone for the domain assign four name servers to the hosted zone and then update the domain registration to use those name servers.

The records include but not limited to a aaaa cname mx ns ptr srv soa txt caa. Dns lookup tool finds all dns records of a given domain name. If the name server does not have any information on the name the request will be forwarded on. Whenever you delegate a domain to dnsimple the tld authorities place ns records for your domain in the tld name servers pointing to us.

Ns is a record type of dns and it is set up via a hosting provider. A dns name server is a server that stores the dns records for a domain. For example if there is both an a and an mx for a name but the name server has only the a record cached only the a record will be returned. Nslookup has two modes interactive and non interactive.

The records returned may not be complete. Enter a domain name and select record type to get a specific record or keep default to fetch all dns records. Interactive mode allows the user to query name servers for information about various hosts and domains or to print a list of hosts in a domain. The dns lookup is done directly against the domain s authoritative name server so changes to dns records should show up instantly.

Mail exchanger record mx record specifies an smtp email server for the domain used to route outgoing emails to an email server. Whenever a browser sends a dns request to dns server it sends back the nameserver records and the name servers are then used to get real ip address behind a domain name.