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Features:
- Instant DNS record lookup with real-time results
- Comprehensive checks for A, MX, CNAME, TXT, and more
- Error detection to identify misconfigurations
- Simple, user-friendly interface
- Ensures secure and accurate domain settings
Types of DNS records
MX record
Whenever a domain is involved in email activities, such as sending and receiving, the domain must have its MX record configured.
CNAME record
The canonical name record (CNAME) record acts as an alias and points to another DNS record. If a user wants to map www.abc.com to its actual domain abc.com, they can use the CNAME record to create an alias and point it to its corresponding DNS record.
A record
Using a domain name instead of the IP address is possible only with the help of the A record. The A record of the domain associates the domain name with the IP address, and helps domain owners in controlling which specific action needs to be addressed by each host.
AAAA record
When a domain/sub-domain points to the IPV6 addressing version, the Quad A record is used. This is similar to the A record, with the only difference being the version of the IP used. A records are used where version 4 of IP addresses are pointed.
SOA record
Whenever a new domain is created, a zone file is automatically registered to its name. A DNS zone file helps us translate the domain name to its specific IP. The start of authority (SOA) record gives you a complete picture of your zone file.
TXT record
The text record, as the name suggests, is used to store all sorts of textual information about a domain.The popular authentication methods like SPF, DKIM and DMARC which help us in validating domain ownership, preventing spam etc are also defined using TXT record.
Reverse IP record
A reverse lookup, or a pointer lookup, helps us get the domain name for a specific IP address. This helps us identify and validate a legitimate email user and can blacklist spammers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Use our DNS lookup tool to check your DNS records and verify that you’ve configured the correct DNS records for your domain, so you can avoid any downtime. Just enter a domain or IP, choose a DNS server, and select the records you want to view. Our tool will instantly retrieve and display them for easy verification.
Our DNS lookup tool retrieves the DNS records of your domain and shows them in a list. You can run a DNS record check against well-known DNS servers like Google, Cloudflare, Quad9, or the domain’s authoritative name server (SOA).
To check DNS records, you first need to understand the different DNS record types, which include the following:
- A record: The A record points a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to an IPv4 address and acts as a translator by converting domain names to IP addresses. It can be used to point to both the main domain and subdomains.
- AAAA record: The AAAA record is similar to the A record but points to an IPv6 address. IPv6 has been created due to the shortage of IPv4.
- MX record: The MX record points to the mail server(s) and specifies their priority for receiving email for a domain. It should point to a mail server name and not an IP address.
- CNAME record: The CNAME record is an alias that points a domain or subdomain to another hostname, but never an IP address. The aliased domain directs servers to all DNS records or the target hostname. It’s commonly used to associate subdomains with an existing main domain.
- TXT record: Administrators can add limited human and machine-readable notes via a TXT record. It can also be used for email validation, site ownership verification, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS, policies, etc.
PTR record: The PTR record points the IPv4 or IPv6 address to a domain name. It provides a reverse DNS record (also known as rDNS record) pointing an IP address to the domain hostname. These records require domain authority and can’t exist in the same zone as other DNS record types. - NS record: The NS record points to the name servers which have authority in managing and publishing DNS records of a given domain. These authoritative DNS servers handle any query related to that domain.
- SOA record: The SOA record provides essential information about the domain. It contains data on the master node of the domain authoritative nameserver, domain administrator’s email, DNS zone’s serial number, etc. It’s used to direct how a DNS zone propagates to secondary name servers.
DNS record types you can check with our DNS lookup tool include A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, PTR, NS, and SOA records.
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Frequently Asked Questions
MX record
Whenever a domain is involved in email activities, such as sending and receiving, the domain must have its MX record configured.
CNAME record
The canonical name record (CNAME) record acts as an alias and points to another DNS record. If a user wants to map www.abc.com to its actual domain abc.com, they can use the CNAME record to create an alias and point it to its corresponding DNS record.
MX record
Whenever a domain is involved in email activities, such as sending and receiving, the domain must have its MX record configured.
CNAME record
The canonical name record (CNAME) record acts as an alias and points to another DNS record. If a user wants to map www.abc.com to its actual domain abc.com, they can use the CNAME record to create an alias and point it to its corresponding DNS record.
