DNS Tool
This tool is designed to ease DNS queries.
Query Tab
Figure. Tool dialog: Query tab.
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Field |
Description |
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Query |
Fill in a domain you want to check. |
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Type |
Select a type of DNS record you want to check a domain for. |
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Lookup |
Click the button to perform a query. |
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To Clipboard |
Click the button to copy query results to a clipboard. |
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Name, TLL (time to live), Class, Type, Result |
Query results. |
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DNS |
Fill in the IP address of the DNS server you want to perform query against. By default, the IP address obtained by Windows from your local network is used. |
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Timeout (Secs) |
Fill in a maximum time your query should last. |
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Cache |
Check the box if you want to have query results cached. If the same query is launched, it is not really performed - results are loaded from a cache. |
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Status bar |
Result summary is shown here. |
Test Tab
Figure. Tool dialog: Test tab.
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Field |
Description |
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Test |
Click the button to perform connection test against the list of global DNS servers defined in the left-hand frame. |
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Stop |
Click the button to stop an ongoing test. |
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Rounds |
Fill in a number of test rounds to be performed. |
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Middle frame |
This frame includes test results. |
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DNS, Timeout, Cache, Status bar |
See the Query tab description. |
