Re: [tlug] DNS servers down?

[Jonathan Q <jq@example.com>]

Jean-Christian Imbeault (jean_christian@example.com) wrote:

> How can I check if 192.168.200.1 is a DNS server or not. Let me think ... I 
> did

NMAP it, ask the network admin, own it <g>, or do what you did:

> $dig @example.com www.hotmail.com
> 
> and got back DNS info. Does that mean it is a nameserver?

Yes.  Whether it's just a caching one or a nameserver for the
LAN as well, we don't know, but it must be at least a caching one.
Since gps.co.jp seems to have not terribly reliable name servers,
a good combination to assign might be to use 192.168.200.1
first, and then a nameserver at the ISP.

Does "gps.co.jp is on the LAN" mean they are physically located there,
or does the ISDN line connect to their office and get out 
to the Internet through them?

J