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Special Forums IP Networking DNS testing Post 20549 by hassan2 on Monday 29th of April 2002 08:59:21 AM
Old 04-29-2002
Hammer & Screwdriver DNS testing

an effective to way to test dns is to
use nslookup

the syntax is

nslookup domainname or ip address

examlpe is
nslookup www.yourdomainname.com
this will query yourdomainname dns and return an ip address.

or nslookup (ip address of your dns)
this will query yourdomainname dns using an ip address and return full domainname

dns is important for web base mail without it you will not be able to received or sent email outside your network or domain.
 

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avahi-dnsconfd(8)					      System Manager's Manual						 avahi-dnsconfd(8)

NAME
avahi-dnsconfd - Unicast DNS server from mDNS/DNS-SD configuration daemon SYNOPSIS
avahi-dnsconfd [options] avahi-dnsconfd --kill avahi-dnsconfd --refresh avahi-dnsconfd --check DESCRIPTION
avahi-dnsconfd connects to a running avahi-daemon and runs the script /etc/avahi/dnsconfd.action for each unicast DNS server that is announced on the local LAN. This is useful for configuring unicast DNS servers in a DHCP-like fashion with mDNS. OPTIONS
-D | --daemonize Daemonize after startup and redirect log messages to syslog. -s | --syslog Log to syslog instead of STDERR. Implied by --daemonize. -k | --kill Kill an already running avahi-dnsconfd. (equivalent to sending a SIGTERM) -r | --refresh Tell an already running avahi-dnsconfd to refresh the DNS server data. (equivalent to sending a SIGHUP) -c | --check Return 0 as return code when avahi-dnsconfd is already running. -h | --help Show help -v | --version Show version information FILES
/etc/avahi/avahi-dnsconfd.action: the script to run when a DNS server is found or removed. SIGNALS
SIGINT, SIGTERM: avahi-dnsconfd will shutdown. This is issued by passing --kill to avahi-daemon. SIGHUP: avahi-dnsconfd will refresh the DNS server data. AUTHORS
The Avahi Developers <avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org>; Avahi is available from http://avahi.org/ SEE ALSO
avahi-daemon(8), avahi-dnsconfd.action(8) COMMENTS
This man page was written using xml2man(1) by Oliver Kurth. Manuals User avahi-dnsconfd(8)
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