Chapter 24
| Domain Name Service Commands
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show hosts This command displays the static host name-to-address mapping table.
Command Mode
Privileged Exec
Example
Note that a host name will be displayed as an alias if it is mapped to the same
address(es) as a previously configured entry.
Console#show hosts
No. Flag Type IP Address TTL Domain
---- ---- ------- -------------------- ----- -------------------------------
0 2 Address 192.168.1.55 rd5
1 2 Address 2001:DB8:1::12 rd6
3 4 Address 209.131.36.158 65 www-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com
4 4 CNAME POINTER TO:3 65 www.yahoo.com
5 4 CNAME POINTER TO:3 65 www.wa1.b.yahoo.com
Console#
show ip mdns This command shows the administrative status of multicast DNS.
Command Mode
Privileged Exec
IP Address The IP address associated with this record.
TTL The time to live reported by the name server.
Domain The host name associated with this record.
Table 131: show dns cache - display description (Continued)
Field Description
Table 132: show hosts - display description
Field Description
No. The entry number for each resource record.
Flag The field displays “2” for a static entry, or “4” for a dynamic entry stored in the
cache.
Type This field includes “Address” which specifies the primary name for the owner,
and “CNAME” which specifies multiple domain names (or aliases) which are
mapped to the same IP address as an existing entry.
IP Address The IP address associated with this record.
TTL The time to live reported by the name server. This field is always blank for static
entries.
Domain The domain name associated with this record.