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DNSEVAL(1) General Commands Manual DNSEVAL(1)

dnseval: - bulk ping utility that sends an arbitrary DNS query to a list of DNS servers

dnseval is a bulk ping utility that sends an arbitrary DNS query to a given list of DNS servers. This script is meant for comparing response time of multiple DNS servers at once

usage: dnseval [-h] [-f server-list] [-c count] [-t type] [-w wait] hostname

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dns server list to use (default: system resolvers)
number of requests to send (default: 10)
maximum wait time for a reply (default: 5)
DNS request record type (default: A)
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dns server list to use (default: system resolvers)
number of requests to send (default: 10)
maximum wait time for a reply (default: 5)
DNS request record type (default: A)

The full documentation for dnseval can be found at https://dnsdiag.org/

December 3 2016 User Commands