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The traceroute family doesn't show DNS info; they show intermediate routers on the path the the resolved destination address. The early servers are the local ro
by jonburs 16y ago
The traceroute family doesn't show DNS info; they show intermediate routers on the path the the resolved destination address. The early servers are the local routers in your ISP's topology, not the DNS server used to resolve the destination address.
A tool such as dig, on the other hand, will show you what server you're using, and easily see the results from an alternate. For example, compare the results of 'dig www.apple.com' (configured DNS) to 'dig www.apple.com @8.8.8.8' (Google DNS).
- liuhenry 16y agoAh, whoops - thanks for the correction. Quick question: dig (with no @server argument) turns up my router's IP. Is there a way to get around that?
- jonburs 16y agoThat would happen if your router is providing DHCP services (common) and returning itself as the DNS server. A good reason for that configuration is so that you can resolve the names of other computers on your local network. If that's the case there's a good chance your router's admin interface will let you view and configure the DNS server its resolver is using.