Domain name system settings, Common commands – Motorola Netopia 3342N User Manual

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Domain Name System Settings

Domain Name System (DNS) is an information ser vice for TCP/IP networks that uses a hierarchical naming
system to identify network domains and the hosts associated with them. You can identify a primar y DNS
ser ver and one secondar y ser ver.

Common Commands

set dns domain-name

domain-name

Specifies the default domain name for your network. When an application needs to resolve a host name, it
appends the default domain name to the host name and asks the DNS ser ver if it has an address for the
“fully qualified host name.”

set dns primary-address

ip_address

Specifies the IP address of the primar y DNS name ser ver.

set dns proxy-enable

This allows you to disable the default behavior of acting as a DNS proxy. The default is

on.

set dns secondary-address

ip_address

Specifies the IP address of the secondar y DNS name ser ver. Enter

0.0.0.0

if your network does not have a

secondar y DNS name ser ver.

set dns configured-dns-priority [ 0 - 255 ]

Sets the configured DNS priority relative to acquired DNS. These ser ver addresses may be acquired via
DHCP (client), PPP, or statically configured. A “DNS learned-ser ver-priority” is assigned to each configured
inter face. By default, configured DNSes have the highest priority (lowest number), then PPP-acquired
DNSes, and DHCP-acquired DNSes have lowest priority (highest number).

The default priorities for each type are:

Configured DNSes: 10

PPP-acquired: 20

DHCP-acquired: 30

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