3Com WX3000 operation manual # Configure the IP address 2.1.1.2 for the DNS server

Configuration procedure

Before doing the following configuration, make sure that:

zThe routes between the DNS server, Switch, and Host are reachable.

zNecessary configurations are done on the devices. For the IP addresses of the interfaces, see the figure above.

zThere is a mapping between domain name host and IP address 3.1.1.1/16 on the DNS server.

zThe DNS server works normally.

# Enable dynamic domain name resolution.

<device> system-view

[device] dns resolve

# Configure the IP address 2.1.1.2 for the DNS server.

[device] dns server 2.1.1.2

# Configure com as the DNS suffix

[device] dns domain com

Execute the ping host command on Switch to verify that the communication between Switch and Host is normal and that the corresponding IP address is 3.1.1.1.

[device] ping host

Trying DNS server (2.1.1.2)

PING host.com (3.1.1.1): 56 data bytes, press CTRL_C to break

Reply from 3.1.1.1: bytes=56 Sequence=1 ttl=255 time=3 ms

Reply from 3.1.1.1: bytes=56 Sequence=2 ttl=255 time=1 ms

Reply from 3.1.1.1: bytes=56 Sequence=3 ttl=255 time=1 ms

Reply from 3.1.1.1: bytes=56 Sequence=4 ttl=255 time=1 ms

Reply from 3.1.1.1: bytes=56 Sequence=5 ttl=255 time=1 ms

--- 3.1.1.1 ping statistics ---

5 packet(s) transmitted

5 packet(s) received

0.00% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/3 ms

--- host.com ping statistics ---

5 packet(s) transmitted

0 packet(s) received

100.00% packet loss

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