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DWS-1008 User's Manual
Enabling or Disabling the DNS Client
The DNS client is disabled by default. To enable or disable the DNS client, use the following
command:
set ip dns {enable | disable}
Configuring DNS Servers
You can configure an Switch to use one primary DNS server and up to five secondary DNS
servers to resolve DNS queries.
The Switch always sends a request to the primary DNS server first. The Switch sends a
request to a secondary DNS server only if the primary DNS server does not respond.
Adding a DNS Server
To add a DNS server, use the following command:
set ip dns server ip-addr {primary | secondary}
Removing a DNS Server
To remove a DNS server, use the following command:
clear ip dns server ip-addr
Configuring a Default Domain Name
You can configure a single default domain name for DNS queries. The Switch appends the
default domain name to hostnames you enter in commands. For example, you can configure
the Switch to automatically append the domain name example.com to any hostname that
does not have a domain name. In this case, you can enter ping chris instead of ping chris.
example.com, and the Switch automatically requests the DNS server to send the IP address
for chris.example.com.
To override the default domain name when entering a hostname in a CLI command, enter a
period at the end of the hostname. For example, if the default domain name is example.com,
enter chris. if the hostname is chris and not chris.example.com.
Aliases take precedence over DNS. When you enter a hostname, MSS checks for an alias
with that name first, before using DNS to resolve the name.
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