dnseval(1)

dnseval1

Bulk ping utility that sends an arbitrary dns query to a list of dns servers

Overview

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

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

Options

-h --help

show this help

-f --file

dns server list to use (default: system resolvers)

-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)

-h --help

show this help

-f --file

dns server list to use (default: system resolvers)

-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)

Releases

Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster).

  1. 10–13

From dnsdiag 2.6.0-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.