dnsping1

Overview

dnsping pings a DNS resolver by sending an arbitrary DNS query for given number of times. It calculates minimum, maximum and average response time as well as jitter (stddev).

Usage

usage: dnsping [-h] [-q] [-v] [-s server] [-p port] [-P port] [-S address] [-c count] [-t type] [-w wait] hostname

Options

-h --help

Show this help

-q --quiet

Quiet

-v --verbose

Print actual dns response

-s --server

DNS server to use (default: first entry from /etc/resolv.conf)

-p --port

DNS server port number (default: 53)

-T --tcp

Use TCP instead of UDP

-4 --ipv4

Use IPv4 as default network protocol

-6 --ipv6

Use IPv6 as default network protocol

-P --srcport

Query source port number (default: 0)

-S --srcip

Query source IP address (default: default interface address)

-c --count

Number of requests to send (default: 10)

-w --wait

Maximum wait time for a reply (default: 5)

-t --type

DNS request record type (default: A)