Viewing or Changing DNS Servers

To view the DNS servers for port en0:

$ serversetup -getDefaultDNSServer (devicename"portname")

To change the DNS servers for port en0:

$ sudo serversetup -setDefaultDNSServer (devicename"portname") server1

[server2] [...]

To view the DNS servers for a particular port or device:

$ serversetup -getDNSServer (devicename"portname")

To change the DNS servers for a particular port or device:

$ sudo serversetup -setDNSServer (devicename"portname") server1 [server2]

[...]

To list the DNS servers for a configuration:

$ sudo networksetup -getdnsservers "configuration"

To view the DNS search domains for port en0:

$ serversetup -getDefaultDNSDomain (devicename"portname")

To change the DNS search domains for port en0:

$ sudo serversetup -setDefaultDNSDomain (devicename"portname") domain1

[domain2] [...]

To view the DNS search domains for a particular port or device:

$ serversetup -getDNSDomain (devicename"portname")

To change the DNS search domains for a particular port or device:

$ sudo serversetup -setDNSDomain (devicename"portname") domain1 [domain2]

[...]

To list the DNS search domains for a configuration:

$ sudo networksetup -getsearchdomains "configuration"

To set the DNS servers for a configuration:

$ sudo networksetup -setdnsservers "configuration" dns1 [dns2] [...]

To set the search domains for a configuration:

$ sudo networksetup -setsearchdomains "configuration" domain1 [domain2]

[...]

To validate a DNS server:

$ serversetup -verifyDNSServer server1 [server2] [...]

To validate DNS search domains:

$ serversetup -verifyDNSDomain domain1 [domain2] [...]

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