DNS problem, nslookup works, ping doesn't

Question

I am setting up a development server in my flat. I have set up an Ubuntu DNS server on it and have added the zone weddinglist (just weddinglist - no TLD. It\'s just an internal

Answer 1

Try ipconfig /displaydns and look for weddinglist. If it's cached as "name does not exist" (possibly because of a previous intermittent failed lookup), you can flush the cache with ipconfig /flushdns.

nslookup doesn't use the cache, but rather queries the DNS server directly.

It worked for me..

from https://superuser.com/a/507892

Answer 2

Do you have an entry for weddinglist in your hosts file? You can find this in:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

nslookup always uses DNS whereas ping uses other methods for finding hostnames as well.