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   Message 12,819 of 14,669   
   Gisle Vanem to Aaron Spiteri   
   Re: ping6   
   26 Apr 09 08:34:37   
   
   From: giva@users.sourceforge.net   
      
   "Aaron Spiteri" wrote:   
      
   > If I type the following command:   
   >   
   > dig AAAA azzmosphere.azzmos.com.au   
   >   
   > I get back a valid IPv6 address   
      
   I don't. This is what I get:   
      
    <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> AAAA azzmosphere.azzmos.com.au   
   ; global options:  printcmd   
   ; Got answer:   
   ; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 41   
   ; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0   
      
   ; QUESTION SECTION:   
   azzmosphere.azzmos.com.au.     IN      AAAA   
      
      
   Notice the 'NXDOMAIN'; it simply means the name doesn't exists.   
      
   --gv   
      
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