Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
62 bytes added ,  09:59, 23 April 2012
no edit summary
Line 193: Line 193:  
The order in which you list the DNS resolvers is important - so when trying a new resolver ensure that you place it at the front of your resolver list. Note that it is worth checking that you can communicate with the resolver before modifying your resolver list since you may otherwise encounter significant delays when attempting to lookup a host. In a linux environment this can be checked using a command similar to:
 
The order in which you list the DNS resolvers is important - so when trying a new resolver ensure that you place it at the front of your resolver list. Note that it is worth checking that you can communicate with the resolver before modifying your resolver list since you may otherwise encounter significant delays when attempting to lookup a host. In a linux environment this can be checked using a command similar to:
   −
   host ipv6.chappell-family.com 2001:4860:4860::8888
+
   machine:/home/user1 # '''host ipv6.chappell-family.com 2001:4860:4860::8888'''
 
    
 
    
 
   Using domain server:
 
   Using domain server:
Line 207: Line 207:  
Note that it isn't necessary to access your DNS resolver using IPv6 if you don't want to - as long as the DNS server supports AAAA queries then that is sufficient. This is the same query using Google's IPv4 resolver:
 
Note that it isn't necessary to access your DNS resolver using IPv6 if you don't want to - as long as the DNS server supports AAAA queries then that is sufficient. This is the same query using Google's IPv4 resolver:
   −
   host ipv6.chappell-family.com 8.8.4.4
+
   machine:/home/user1 # '''host ipv6.chappell-family.com 8.8.4.4'''
 
      
 
      
 
   Using domain server:
 
   Using domain server:
Line 222: Line 222:       −
   nslookup ipv6.chappell-family.com
+
   '''nslookup ipv6.chappell-family.com'''
 
      
 
      
 
    
 
    

Navigation menu