Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) Characteristics
Nameservers (Learned): |
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99.99.99.99 | Local | name.acme.com |
88.88.88.88 | Local | secondary.acme.com |
DHCP server: 16.20.244.250
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The following table describes the DNS characteristics that appear in the previous example. (See the Displaying WINS Characteristics section in this chapter for an explanation of the WINS characteristics in the display.)
Field | Description |
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Domain Name | Name of the access server default domain. If a |
| DHCP server provides this information, the display |
| includes “ (from DHCP)” at the end of the line |
Resolution Host Limit | Maximum number of host names that can be entered |
| using the SET/DEFINE/CHANGE INTERNET |
| HOST command. Note that this parameter is |
| currently not functional. |
Resolution Mode | DNS data retrieval preference: LOCAL, REMOTE, |
| ORDERED, STUB or SLAVE. (See the Name |
| Resolution Modes table in this chapter.) |
Resolution Time Limit | Minimum time in seconds between name server |
| retries. |
Resolution Retry Limit | Maximum number of times DNS can retry the same |
| name server when looking for a particular Internet |
| host name. |
Name Servers (Locally | The Internet address, type (local or root), and |
configured) | absolute domain name of name servers entered by a |
| user. If a DHCP server provides this information, |
| the display includes “ (from DHCP)” at the end of |
| the line. |
Name Servers (Learned) | The Internet address, type (local or root), and |
| absolute domain name of name servers learned by |
| DNS. |
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If a DHCP server provides the Domain Name information, the display includes “(from DHCP)” at the end of each line of information and the Internet address of the DHCP server.