How to check where a DNS Record is pointing to?

You can check a DNS record for your domain name using a third party website such as:

http://www.intodns.com/

1. Open IntoDNS.
2. Enter your domain and click Report
3. All DNS records for your domain name will now show.
4. You can now compare the IP address with the IP address of your web server.

You can also check a DNS record using Mac’s Terminal application:

Open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal)

Type the following command:

dig www.yourdomain.com

The result will look similar to the below;

; < <>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 < <>> www.yourdomain.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28713
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.yourdomain.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.yourdomain.com. 300 IN A 10.10.10.10

;; Query time: 25 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.1.1#53(10.0.1.1)
;; WHEN: Thu Mar 31 18:56:50 2016
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 49

The IP address which the DNS Record is pointing to is shown in the following line (shown above in bold)

www.yourdomain.com. 300 IN A 10.10.10.10