Nortel Networks 2500 Series manual Show ip dns command output

Using DNS to ping and telnet 185

•"no ip name-server command" (page 187)

•"ip domain-name command" (page 187)

•"no ip domain-name command" (page 188)

•"default ip domain-name command" (page 188)

show ip dns command

The show ip dns command displays the DNS domain name, as well as any configured DNS servers. The syntax for the show ip dns command is:

show ip dns

The show ip dns command is executed in the User Exec command mode.

The show ip dns command has no parameters or variables.

Figure 59 "show ip dns command output" (page 185) displays sample output from the show ip dns command.

Figure 59

show ip dns command output

ping command

The ping command tests the network connection to another network device. The command sends an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packet from the switch to the target device. The local IP address must be set before issuing the ping command.

You can ping a host using either its IP address or hostname.

The syntax for the ping command is:

ping <A.B.C.D or Hostname>

The ping command is executed in the User Exec command mode.

Table 52 "ping command parameters and variables" (page 186) describes the parameters and variables for the ping command.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Configuration

NN47215-500 (323162-B) 02.02 Standard

4.1 19 November 2007

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