---
name: "dnsping"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dnsdiag"
version: "2.6.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dnsping"
---

# dnsping(1)

DNS ping utility

## NAME

dnsping - DNS ping utility

## DESCRIPTION

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)

## SEE ALSO

For more documentation on dnsping see https://dnsdiag.org/.