An example for DNS request failure

Let's take a look at a DNS request that will fail.

For this, we'll create some sort of random domain and put in gibberish, jhadgug384r8.com, as shown in the following screenshot:

Next, you need to start a new capture. Go ahead and press Enter:

Now, you need to stop the capture.

We can see we have the requests, like before:

We have the 8.8.8.8 domain name, and we have the actual request. Just like with wireshark.org ...

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