An ISP help desk technician receives a call from a customer who reports that no one at their business can reach any websites or get their e-mail. After testing the communication line and finding everything fine, the technician instructs the customer to run nslookup from the command prompt. What does the technician suspect is causing the customer’s problem?

An ISP help desk technician receives a call from a customer who reports that no one at their business can reach any websites or get their e-mail. After testing the communication line and finding everything fine, the technician instructs the customer to run nslookup from the command prompt. What does the technician suspect is causing the customer's problem?

• improper IP address configuration on the host
• failure of DNS to resolve names to IP addresses
• hardware failure of the ISR used to connect the customer to the ISP
• bad cables or connections at the customer site

Explanation: The nslookup command can be used to troubleshoot name resolution issues and to verify the current status of the name servers. The nslookup output identifies the default DNS server that is configured on the host. The utility has many options available for testing and verification of the DNS process.

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