TCP/IP Network Characteristics 7-9
Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) Characteristics
Displaying the DNS Counters
To display the DNS counters, use the SHOW/LIST INTERNET NAME
RESOLUTION COUNTERS command.
To reset the DNS counter, use the ZERO INTERNET NAME RESOLUTION
COUNTERS command.
DNS Counter Display Example
The following example shows how to display the various DNS counters:
Local> SHOW INTERNET NAME RESOLUTION COUNTERS
Input Packets: 5 Duplicate Responses: 0
Output Packets: 7 Bad Responses: 0
Total Responses: 5 Truncated Responses: 0
OK Answers: 3 Fail Answers: 0
Total Queries: 2 FORMERR Answers: 0
Duplicate Queries: 0
The following table
describes the information in the previous example:
Field Description
Input Packets Number of packets entering the access server from
the DNS server.
Output Packets Number of packets exiting the access server into the
DNS server.
Total Responses Total number of responses received by the access
server from the DNS server. This total includes the
bad responses, truncated responses, and duplicate
responses, along with good responses.
OK Answers Number of valid answers received from the DNS
server.
Total Queries Number of DNS queries sent by the access server.
Duplicate Responses Number of identical responses to queries.
