nslookup alpine-usa.com

[fdiprete at comcast.net]

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Michael Pelletier <mvpel at hushmail.com> wrote:
> >> ... it's customary to give the IP address of your web server.  That
> >> will let people type "alpine-usa.com" into any web browser and
> >> still get your web site.
> >
> > Modern web browsers, if you enter http://alpine-usa.com/ will check for that
> > exact name first, then if it's not found, as in this case, it will do
> > another query for www.alpine-usa.com.
> 
>   Right.  My use of the phrase "any web browser" was not an accident.  :-)
> 
>   Another thought: With the games some ISPs are playing with DNS these
> days, it might make a difference in some situations.  I can envision
> an ISP inserting their own A records on an A record query when none
> are returned.
> 

I also find it interesting that the DNS server that is unreachable from my comcast connection is at charter communications.

I can't wait to call comcast so that they can tell me to reboot my pc. or click the start menu.

<insert cuss words here>

This morning they asked me to open a DOS window and run traceroute because nslookup failed.

*sigh*




> -- Ben
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