3com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A User Manual

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You can configure a single default domain name for DNS queries. The 
WX switch appends the default domain name to hostnames you enter in 
commands. For example, you can configure the WX switch to 
automatically append the domain name example.com to any hostname 
that does not have a domain name. In this case, you can enter ping chris 
instead of ping chris.example.com, and the WX switch automatically 
requests the DNS server to send the IP address for chris.example.com.

To override the default domain name when entering a hostname in a CLI 
command, enter a period at the end of the hostname. For example, if the 
default domain name is example.com, enter chris. if the hostname is 
chris and not chris.example.com.

Aliases take precedence over DNS. When you enter a hostname, MSS 
checks for an alias with that name first, before using DNS to resolve the 
name. (For information about aliases, see “Configuring and Managing 
Aliases” on page 123.)

To add the default domain name, use the following command:

set ip dns domain name

Specify a domain name of up to 64 alphanumeric characters.

To remove the default domain name, use the following command:

To display DNS server information, use the following command:

The following example shows DNS server information on a WX switch 
configured to use three DNS servers.

WX1200# display ip dns

Domain Name: example.com

DNS Status: enabled

IP Address

Type

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10.1.1.1

  PRIMARY

10.1.1.2

  SECONDARY

10.1.2.1

  SECONDARY

(For information about the fields in the output, see the 

.)