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Quick DNS Check

This page lets you check a DNS zone.  It will perform a set of checks on your name servers and email servers.  And give recommendations to improve your setup.

DNS Information for 'google.com'

  • Zone Info: google.com
  • Parent Name Servers
  • google.com Name Servers
    • Zone Configuration (SOA Record)
    • ns1.google.com
    • ns2.google.com
    • ns3.google.com
    • ns4.google.com
  • Mail Servers
    • google.com.s9a1.psmtp.com
    • google.com.s9a2.psmtp.com
    • google.com.s9b1.psmtp.com
    • google.com.s9b2.psmtp.com

Zone Info: google.com

Zone Info

Info TypeMessage
Informationgoogle.com./74.125.227.16 is located in United States.
Heads-upgoogle.com. points to 74.125.227.16, which has no 16.227.125.74.in-addr.arpa PTR record .
Informationgoogle.com./74.125.227.20 is located in United States.
Heads-upgoogle.com. points to 74.125.227.20, which has no 20.227.125.74.in-addr.arpa PTR record .
Informationgoogle.com./74.125.227.17 is located in United States.
Heads-upgoogle.com. points to 74.125.227.17, which has no 17.227.125.74.in-addr.arpa PTR record .
Informationgoogle.com./74.125.227.19 is located in United States.
Heads-upgoogle.com. points to 74.125.227.19, which has no 19.227.125.74.in-addr.arpa PTR record .
Informationgoogle.com./74.125.227.18 is located in United States.
Heads-upgoogle.com. points to 74.125.227.18, which has no 18.227.125.74.in-addr.arpa PTR record .
Informationwww.google.com is a CNAME record pointing to www.l.google.com.
Information26 seconds to complete zone checks.

Parent Name Servers

This section lists the hierarchy of name servers that a DNS lookup needs to walk to find your zone's name servers.  For brevity only one name server is listed per zone.

ZoneName ServerIPLocationResponse Time (ms)
comm.gtld-servers.net192.55.83.30United States0
.l.root-servers.net199.7.83.42United States0

google.com Name Servers

Zone Configuration Info

Info TypeMessage
InformationSetting the master name server to 'ns1.google.com' per the SOA record on ns1.google.com

Zone Configuration (SOA Record)

The Statement of Authority Record describes the primary name server. It is usually used by secondary name servers as an aid to keep their information synchronized with the primary name server. And it is used by independent name servers as a guide for how long to cache DNS lookup results.

Primary Name Serverns1.google.com
DNS Host Masterdns-admin.google.com
Secondary Refresh2 hours
Secondary Retry30 minutes
Secondary Expire2 weeks
Default Record Cache Time5 minutes
Serial Number1422704

SOA Info

Info TypeMessage
Heads-upSOA default TTL is set to 5 minutes. The recommended setting is between 1 and 3 hours (3600 seconds and 10800 seconds).
InformationThe serial number for this domain is 1422704. The recommended format by RFC1912 is YYYYMMDDnn where nn is the daily revision number.
InformationSOA retry time is set to 30 minutes. This is the time a nameserver will wait before trying to contact the master server after a failure. It should be more than 2 minutes, but not more than a few hours.

ns1.google.com Name Server

Namens1.google.com
IP Address216.239.32.10
LocationUnited States
Response Time24ms

Name Server Info

Info TypeMessage
InformationNo glue records found at parent name servers for ns1.google.com
InformationThe name server did not return any records after our AXFR request. This is quite normal.
InformationThis name server returns the following DNS records for 'google.com': '74.125.227.19 (A)'.

ns2.google.com Name Server

Namens2.google.com
IP Address216.239.34.10
LocationUnited States
Response Time43ms

Name Server Info

Info TypeMessage
InformationNo glue records found at parent name servers for ns2.google.com
InformationThe name server did not return any records after our AXFR request. This is quite normal.

ns3.google.com Name Server

Namens3.google.com
IP Address216.239.36.10
LocationUnited States
Response Time40ms

Name Server Info

Info TypeMessage
InformationNo glue records found at parent name servers for ns3.google.com
InformationThe name server did not return any records after our AXFR request. This is quite normal.
InformationThis name server returns the same DNS records for 'google.com' as the 'ns1.google.com/216.239.32.10' name server.

ns4.google.com Name Server

Namens4.google.com
IP Address216.239.38.10
LocationUnited States
Response Time23ms

Name Server Info

Info TypeMessage
InformationNo glue records found at parent name servers for ns4.google.com
InformationThe name server did not return any records after our AXFR request. This is quite normal.
InformationThis name server returns the same DNS records for 'google.com' as the 'ns1.google.com/216.239.32.10' name server.

Mail Servers

Mail Server Info

Info TypeMessage
InformationYou have 4 mail servers listed for your 'google.com' domain.

Mail Server: google.com.s9a1.psmtp.com

Server Namegoogle.com.s9a1.psmtp.com
IP74.125.148.10
LocationUnited States
Mail Server For*@google.com
MX Priority100
Connect Response Time139ms
Server 'Hello' Line220 Postini ESMTP 244 y6_30_0c7 ready. CA Business and Professions Code Section 17538.45 forbids use of this system for unsolicited electronic mail advertisements.
Open Relay?No Problems Found
RDNS Entrys9a1.psmtp.com.

Mail Server Info

Info TypeMessage
InformationThe mail server accepted email for 'abuse@google.com' email address as it should have (250 Ok).
InformationThe mail server correctly rejected email to 'email_validation_service@domaincheckingservice.pingability.com' (554 No relaying allowed - psmtp)

Mail Server: google.com.s9a2.psmtp.com

Server Namegoogle.com.s9a2.psmtp.com
IP74.125.148.11
LocationUnited States
Mail Server For*@google.com
MX Priority200
Connect Response Time133ms
Server 'Hello' Line220 Postini ESMTP 231 y6_30_0c7 ready. CA Business and Professions Code Section 17538.45 forbids use of this system for unsolicited electronic mail advertisements.
Open Relay?No Problems Found
RDNS Entrys9a2.psmtp.com.

Mail Server Info

Info TypeMessage
InformationThe mail server accepted email for 'abuse@google.com' email address as it should have (250 Ok).
InformationThe mail server correctly rejected email to 'email_validation_service@domaincheckingservice.pingability.com' (554 No relaying allowed - psmtp)

Mail Server: google.com.s9b1.psmtp.com

Server Namegoogle.com.s9b1.psmtp.com
IP74.125.148.13
LocationUnited States
Mail Server For*@google.com
MX Priority300
Connect Response Time135ms
Server 'Hello' Line220 Postini ESMTP 169 y6_30_0c7 ready. CA Business and Professions Code Section 17538.45 forbids use of this system for unsolicited electronic mail advertisements.
Open Relay?No Problems Found
RDNS Entrys9b1.psmtp.com.

Mail Server Info

Info TypeMessage
InformationThe mail server accepted email for 'abuse@google.com' email address as it should have (250 Ok).
InformationThe mail server correctly rejected email to 'email_validation_service@domaincheckingservice.pingability.com' (554 No relaying allowed - psmtp)

Mail Server: google.com.s9b2.psmtp.com

Server Namegoogle.com.s9b2.psmtp.com
IP74.125.148.14
LocationUnited States
Mail Server For*@google.com
MX Priority400
Connect Response Time131ms
Server 'Hello' Line220 Postini ESMTP 195 y6_30_0c7 ready. CA Business and Professions Code Section 17538.45 forbids use of this system for unsolicited electronic mail advertisements.
Open Relay?No Problems Found
RDNS Entrys9b2.psmtp.com.

Mail Server Info

Info TypeMessage
InformationThe mail server accepted email for 'abuse@google.com' email address as it should have (250 Ok).
InformationThe mail server correctly rejected email to 'email_validation_service@domaincheckingservice.pingability.com' (554 No relaying allowed - psmtp)

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