Installing Dig on Windows
In a Web browser, go to ftp://ftp.nominum.com/pub/isc/bind9/
Troubleshooting
If that link is down, you can find more mirrors here:http://www.bind9.net/download
Scroll down and click 9.9.6, as shown below.
In the next page, click BIND9.9.6.x86.zip, as shown below.
The file should download quickly–it’s only 6.4 MB.
Installing C++
Right-click the downloaded BIND file, click “Extract All…“, and click Extract.
In the “BIND9.9.6.x86” folder, find the vcredist_x86.exe file, as shown below, and double-click it.
If a User Account Control box pops up, approve the elevation to administrative privileges.
Installing DLL Files
In the “BIND9.9.6.x86” folder, highlight all the DLL files, as shown below.
Right-click one of the highlighted files and click Copy.
Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\ and paste the files there.
You may have to approve another elevation to Administrator permissions.
Installing dig.exe
In the “BIND9.9.6.x86” folder, find the dig.exe file, as shown below.
Right-click the dig.exe file and click Copy.
Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\ and paste the file there.
You may have to approve another elevation to Administrator permissions.
Open a Command Prompt and execute the dig command.
dig should run, showing the root servers, as shown below:
Sources
http://www.danesparza.net/2011/05/using-the-dig-dns-tool-on-windows-7/
http://unroutable.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-install-dig-for-windows.html
Last modified 2-4-15
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