Getting default server Unknown after configuring DNS by nslookup

dns windows-server-2012 nslookup
Basit picture Basit · Jan 22, 2014 · Viewed 20.9k times · Source

I am new to windows server. I just installed DNS on windows 2012 server. Here is how it appeared after installing

DNS Srver

Then i went to DNS manager. I created a new Forward Primary zone and reverse zone. Here is the screen shot

Forward Reverse Zones

Then i created the record (A, MX, CNAME). Here are the screen shots of each

SOA:

SOA

Name Server:

Name Server

A Record:

A Record

MX Record:

MX Record

CNAME:

CNAME

Reverse lookup Zone:

Reverse Lookup Zone

After all that when i do nslookup, then i get Default Server: Unknown. Why ? Why i am getting unknown server

nslookup

Why i am getting unknown ?

Thanks

Answer

Gorodeckij Dimitrij picture Gorodeckij Dimitrij · Oct 30, 2016

You did all correct, but you dont mentioned are you restart DNS service after that? After restart its working fine for me.

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