Welcome

DNS Trouble offers DNS tools, MX Checkers and resources needed everyday by thousands of IT Consultants and Administrators World Wide. These tools vary in depth and all serve the purpose diagnosing and testing DNS and EMail related issues. The great thing about DNS Trouble is that the tools are FREE to use.

DNS Tools

WHOIS Lookup

Enter a DOMAIN or IP to view the WHOIS information relating to the resource.

DNS Lookup

Enter the Domain or Hostname to get the DNS Information relating to that Hostname

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Host Ping

Enter your Hostname/IP to PING the host.

Enter IP or Host Enter Count

Network Trace Route

Check the route to your Hostname/IP via our Network Trace Route Tool

DNS Traversal

Check that all your name servers are announcing the correct information for a DNS Hostname.

Reverse DNS Check

Check an IP Address to ensure that there is a Reverse DNS Entry in place

GeoIP Location

Check the Location of an IP Address down to the registered City

MX/Email Tools

MX Record Check

Enter the Domain you need to check. This will also check for a response from the mail server.

Mail Server Validation

Enter the HOSTNAME of your Outbound SMTP Server. This test will examine the DNS and HELO Responses and highlight any issues that may cause listing on SPAM Databases.

Spam Blacklist Check

Enter your Mail Servers IP or HOSTNAME to check if your Server is listed in a DNS Black List. We currently check over 95 Black Lists.