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Zorluk: KolayTroubleshooting DNS and Name Resolution Services

A network technician is testing connectivity on a workstation that fails to load external websites. The technician executes `nslookup portal.vendor.com` in the command prompt and receives the following output:

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C:\> nslookup portal.vendor.com
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.1.50

*** Request to UnKnown timed out

Which of the following is the most likely reason for this DNS resolution failure?

  1. The local workstation cannot reach or receive a response from the configured DNS server at 192.168.1.50.Cevap
  2. B
    The domain name portal.vendor.com lacks a valid IPv6 AAAA record in its authoritative zone file.
  3. C
    The host resolver incorrectly initiated the DNS query over TCP port 80 instead of standard HTTP.
  4. D
    The client resolver misinterpreted an authoritative server response as a non-authoritative cache entry.

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The local workstation cannot reach or receive a response from the configured DNS server at 192.168.1.50.
The correct option correctly identifies that a request timeout in `nslookup` occurs when the client sends a query to the designated DNS server (192.168.1.50) but receives no reply before the timer expires. This typically points to an unreachable DNS server, network path interruption, or blocked port 53 traffic.

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1
Analyze the nslookup command output.
Identified that the client queried DNS server 192.168.1.50 and encountered 'DNS request timed out.'
Understanding the error message pinpointed the exact stage of the failure.
2
Differentiate between name resolution failure types.
Recognized that timeouts signify network transport or service availability issues rather than record misconfigurations (which return NXDOMAIN or SERVFAIL).
A request timeout means the server never responded back to the client's UDP/TCP port 53 query.
3
Select the option describing network reachability or service unresponsiveness.
Determined that 192.168.1.50 is unreachable or not responding to DNS requests.
This directly matches the observed timeout symptom.

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