Monitoring and Configuring the Printer

dns

Use the “dns” command to configure or display DNS (Domain Name System) settings.

❖ View settings

The following command displays current DNS settings: msh> dns

❖ IPv4 DNS server configuration

 

 

The following command enables or disables the IPv4 DNS server address:

 

 

msh> dns “number” server “server address”

 

 

The following command displays a configuration using the IP address

 

 

192.168.15.16 on a DNS 1 server:

 

 

msh> dns 1 server 192.168.15.16

 

 

• You can register IPv4 DNS Server address.

 

 

• You can register up to three IPv4 DNS server numbers.

 

 

• You cannot use “255.255.255.255” as the DNS server address.

 

❖ IPv6 DNS server configuration

 

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The following command enables or disables the IPv6 DNS server address:

 

 

msh> dns “number” server6 “server address”

 

 

• You can register IPv6 DNS Server address.

 

 

• You can register up to three IPv6 DNS server numbers.

 

❖ Dynamic DNS function setting

 

 

 

msh> dns “interface_name” ddns {onoff}

 

 

• You can set the dynamic DNS function “active” or “inactive”.

 

 

• {on} means “active” and {off} means “inactive”.

 

 

• wlan can be specified only when the IEEE 802.11b interface is installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interface name

Interface configured

 

 

 

 

 

 

ether

Ethernet interface

 

 

 

 

 

 

wlan

IEEE 802.11b interface

 

 

 

 

❖ Specifying the record overlap operation msh> dns overlap {updateadd}

• You can specify operations performed when records overlap.

• update

To delete old records and register new records.

• add

To add new records and store the old records.

• When CNAME overlaps, it is always changed, irrespective of settings.

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