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Cisco IOS DHCP Server 21
dns-server
To specify the Domain Name System (DNS) IP servers available to a Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) client, use the dns-server DHCP pool configuration command. Use the no form
of this command to remove the DNS server list.
dns-server address [address2 ... address8]
no dns-server
Syntax Description
Defaults
If DNS IP servers are not configured for a DHCP client, the client cannot correlate host names to IP
addresses.
Command Modes
DHCP pool configuration
Usage Guidelines
This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(1)T.
Servers are listed in order of preference (address1 is the most preferred server, address2 is the next
most preferred server, and so on).
Examples
The following example specifies 10.12.1.99 as the IP address of the domain name server of the
client:
dns-server 10.12.1.99
Related Commands
domain-name
ip dhcp pool
address Specifies the IP address of a DNS server. One IP address is required,
although you can specify up to eight addresses in one command line.