Nslookup not using hosts file

domain-name-system windows-server-2008-r2 nslookup hosts-file dns-lookup

nslookup does NOT use hosts file but DNS.

Try using ping instead and it will return the IP provided in your hosts file.

Setup the ip for this domain in a real DNS Server.

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