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A quick test would be to do something like this:<br />
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nslookup &lt;ip address of known machine&gt; &lt;ip address of DNS server&gt;<br />
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It should return the hostname of the first IP address machine.<br />
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You can also manually set the DNS of a machine to just that DNS server and try to access machines on the network by their hostnames.
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In addition you can also use Resolve-DNSName if you are using powershell.<br />
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Are you currently having any issues on the network?<br />
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Thanks<br />
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Mike
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On top of what the others have said already, you can also turn on DNS debug logging to log incoming and outgoing DNS queries and replies. You can use nslookup; particularly with the debug options setup:<br />
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.\&gt; Nslookup<br />
set d2<br />
testquery<br />
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You can use Wireshark or another packet capture tool to monitor DNS traffic.
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What is the best way to find out if a DNS server is servicing clients correctly? 2003\2008 server. Thanks

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