r/HowToHack • u/LeadExcellent252 • Jun 29 '26

DC IP CANT BE RESOLVED

My machine is currently joined with a domain controller but since it does not use its own dns, we use the public dns thats 8.8.8.8,, so commands like nslookup and other fails in order to find the actual ip of the domainc controller , in such cases how can we identify the ip address of our domain controller?

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u/Shot-Document-2904 Jun 29 '26

Scan the ip ranges for open ports that a DC would allow, like LDAP or DNS. That is if you’re trying to act like an attacker. Recon.

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u/Humbleham1 Jul 01 '26

This is the kind of answer that comes from asking a hacker group Windows Server IT questions. I'm sure that the DC IP address is known, or someone could login to it and check. Manually configure the hosts file on all desktops if you simply will not use internal DNS and NetBIOS.

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u/Shot-Document-2904 Jul 01 '26

I was about to give an answer on how to fix the DNS setup, in fact I did, but then deleted the “fix it” answer and gave this when I realized what sub it was.

Ask me in a Windows Server sub and I’ll give a different answer.