Specifications

TCP/IP Network Characteristics
8-8
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.
Bad Responses Number of bad responses received. A bad response could
be due to:
1. An unrecognizable response from the DNS server.
2. A fail response from the DNS server.
3. A response indicating that DNS could not
understand the query from the access server.