Whenever I need to do something concerning DNS resolving I resort to dig. Some examples: Getting the IP adres for maboc.nl: martijnmbos@penguin:~$ dig maboc.nl ; DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1+deb10u3-Debian maboc.nl ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADERHEADERHEADERHEADER