A user is unable to connect to the company’s intranet server by FQDN, but can connect by IP
address. Other users are not having a problem. An administrator verifies that the user can
successfully ping the server by IP address and can properly resolve the FQDN using nslookup.
The problem is persisting after running ipconfig /flushdns. Which of the following should the
administrator do NEXT?
A.
Examine the Imhost file.
B.
Flush the cache on the DNS server.
C.
Flush the cache on the WINS server.
D.
Examine the hosts file
Explanation:
The hosts file is a computer file used by an operating system to map hostnames to IP addresses. The hosts file is a plain text file, and is conventionally named hosts.