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Yes, you can use nslookup to do this!<br />
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Before looking up the target, use the &quot;server &lt;name&gt;&quot; subcommand to specify the desired dns server!<br />
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See: <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525</a><br />
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Yes, you can use nslookup to do this!

Before looking up the target, use the "server <name>" subcommand to specify the desired dns server!

See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525]
for more info on this...

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Is there a command (ex:nslookup)that I can use to test a machine to resolve using a different DNS server than the ones that are in its DNS settings? I want to isolate the problem to the DNS server without having to change the whole DHCP scope options for the whole subnet. Thanks
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Is there a command (ex:nslookup)that I can use to test a machine to resolve using a different DNS server than the ones that are in its DNS settings? I want to isolate the problem to the DNS server without having to change the whole DHCP scope options for the whole subnet. Thanks

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