<div>
Yes it will check from the secondary DNS servers and it will works. 
</div>


<div>
u mean it will check with my ISP DNS servers whose servers
</div>


<div>
i thought it contacts the root server
</div>


<div>
it all depends on how you have setup your dns. first of all, what dns server do you have, how do the configuration files look like. You can easily check if your dns server is a resolver or not, just issue the following from any computer, to query YOUR dns:<br />
<br />
nslookup google.com &lt;yourdnsserver&gt;<br />
<br />
if its a resolver you would get googles ips, if not, it would say domain not existent
</div>


<div>
instead of google.com, use one of your own domains, what does it say then?
</div>


<div>
it resolves and gives the IP address
</div>


<div>
if my machine inside queires for yahoo.com &amp;&nbsp;if my dns server does not have cache for it which futher dns server will it query
</div>


<div>
Hi Srikant. &nbsp;It all depends whether you have configured a forwarder or not. &nbsp;If you configure a forwarder (e.g. your ISP's DNS) then it will look there. &nbsp;Otherwise, you're correct it would go to the root servers. &nbsp;Here's a neat little page with scenarios:<br />
<a href="http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/DNS_Conditional_Forwarding_in_Windows_Server_2003.html" rel="ugc">http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/DNS_Conditional_Forwarding_in_Windows_Server_2003.html</a>
</div>


<div>
That's not how it works really, when your machine querys a name, it querys the resolver that either you have setup in your tcp/ip settings or the settings that your ISP has pushed to your computer when you got connected to the net. If the resolver have your domain in cache, it answers it, if it does not, it goes to the root server with your domain name, the root server says, please go to this address, then the resolver goes to that one and gives the same query, and so forth, until it comes to YOUR dns server. This means your dns server does not have to be a resolver. It only needs to provide authoriative answers for your domains.<br />
<br />
If you are inside your server and you issue a query, you will probably not use your own dns server, you are using the datacenters resolvers. to see this just write nslookup. then you will see a line saying default server.<br />
<br />
usually domain name servers are NOT used as resolvers. So the query refused message actually makes sense.
</div>


<div>
Just my 2 cents:<br />
When you make a DNS query, first your computer will query DNS server specified in ipconfig. If that server can resolve that name you will get IP, otherwise:<br />
a) if that server has specified DNS forwarder(s), the server will query that forwarders and if they have cached resolution you will get IP, otherwise look step b.<br />
b) if you don't have specified forwarders or forwarders can not resolve domain name your computer will be directer to DNS root server, DNS root server will direct you to DNS server authoritative for the first level resolution of queried domain (.com, . ua, .fr,...). That server will direct you to DNS server authoritative for the second level of queried domain (eg. something.com). Normally that server will give you needed IP of queried domain <a href="http://www.something.com" rel="ugc">www.something.com</a>. Sometimes you will require more than two steps from root server.<br />
You can go to <a href="http://www.dnswatch.info/" rel="ugc">http://www.dnswatch.info/</a>&nbsp;and enter a DNS lookup for certain domain name and you will see exactly which servers are queried. Your specified DNS servers in that query does not take part. The query begins in step b.<br />
In other words theras2000 is right. 
</div>


<div>
'Just for clarification, I was referreing to OP's own comment, not theras2000. somehow he came in between...
</div>


<div>
I thought that was a bit strange. ;&gt;
</div>


<div>
how can i check if my DNS server is configured as forwarder or not
</div>


<div>
There was a screenshot on my link showing you going to the server's Properties, in the DNS mgmt tool ... that's assuming it's Windows. &nbsp;You haven't said what you're using.
</div>


<div>
if you are using bind, check in named.conf 
</div>


<div>
i have the bind config.<br />
What exactly should i look for in it
</div>


<div>
a forwarders statement. See link for description of different statements:<br />
<a href="http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch7/queries.html" rel="ugc">http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch7/queries.html</a>
</div>


<div>
can any DNS server can connect to root server or is there any hierarchy or only particular servers can connect to the root servers
</div>


<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I have internet DNS servers by which i am managing my domains.<br />
I do also have secondary DNS services from my ISP DNS servers.<br />
My query is when a query for any dns resolution comes to my DNS servers it checks for cache. if present it will reply. If it does not have the cache which dns server will it query it further and how.<br />
Will it query my secondary DNS service DNS servers or some other servers.
</div>
</div>


I have internet DNS servers by which i am managing my domains.
I do also have secondary DNS services from my ISP DNS servers.
My query is when a query for any dns resolution comes to my DNS servers it checks for cache. if present it will reply. If it does not have the cache which dns server will it query it further and how.
Will it query my secondary DNS service DNS servers or some other servers.

How the internet DNS query works

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.