Below is an example of a scenario that I’m facing:
C:\Documents and Settings\mimnmuh>nslookup www.yahoo.com
Server: server01.hq.company.com
Address: 172.29.3.1
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.yahoo.com.COMPANY.COM
Address: 203.142.26.89
Figure 1
C:\Documents and Settings\mimnmuh>nslookup www.yahoo.com.
Server: server01.hq.company.com
Address: 172.29.3.1
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net
Address: 87.248.113.14
Aliases: www.yahoo.com
Figure 2
In figure 1, I did an nslookup for yahoo.com but for some reason, in the non-authoritative answer section, “COMPANY.COM” is added at the end and the address will be 203.142.26.89(‘company’ representing my company’s name).
If I were to put “yahoo.com.” for an nslookup, everything works out fine.
My question is: how do I fix the problem in Figure 1 where the “COMPANY.COM” is attached at the end and ending up displaying the same ip address?
Basically, if i were to nslookup anything without including a “.” at the end, the “COMPANY.COM” will be appended to the thing I want to lookup.
The computers that my company use run Windows XP pro.
Appreciate your input, thanks!