How to check the DNS settings for a big domain list

by richardbaxterseo on March 1, 2009

This week I had a list of 600 (632 to be exact) domains to check after the DNS was thought to had been pointed elsewhere for every single one.

The easiest and quicket way to check a single domain is simply to ping the domain name from the command prompt like this:

ping a domain in command prompt to check the DNS settings

But when you have more than one this process simply wouldn’t work. In steps this tool from Analogue Point Solutions:

check a list of domains for DNS settings ip tool

Hat tip to Adam Crawford on this one – very useful tool :-)

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1 Matthew March 1, 2009 at 7:05 pm

Hay you just solved a problem i spent nearly half a day working on! 207 domains checked grrr – i new there must have been something to do the job just did think it would be so straight forward.

thanks – added to delicious

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2 Nate Wood March 9, 2009 at 4:23 pm

Can I suggest that you get into shell scripting? I run a linux shell under Cygwin on my PC, and knocking up a simple little script to churn through these would be a 5 minute job. Then you’re not limited to 50 and can output the data to a nifty little text file. Hell, you could then even email that file to your inbox.

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3 richardbaxterseo March 9, 2009 at 6:53 pm

Hi Nate – ahem.. Guest post? :-)

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