[Gllug] nslookup resolves but not ping or http

[Alain Williams]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 03:40:27PM +0000, gvim wrote:
> I recently added a subdomain to my DNS. Both dig and nslookup resolve the name:
> 
> $ nslookup wikileaks.dbpro.org.uk
> 
> Server:		212.159.6.10
> Address:	        212.159.6.10#53
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:	wikileaks.dbpro.org.uk
> Address: 80.68.88.120
> 
> 
> ... but neither ping nor http can resolve. The listed nameserver belongs to my ISP. I'm sure it's a propogation issue but don't understand why one lookup method already works if that's the case.

What happens when you use ping ?

Is the name in /etc/hosts - which ping will look at, but nslookup won't.
What is in your /etc/resolv.conf ?

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