ECHOPING_DNS(1) General Commands Manual ECHOPING_DNS(1) NAME echoping_dns - echoping plugin which queries a DNS server SYNOPSIS echoping [echoping options] -m dns hostname request DESCRIPTION dns is an echoping plugin, fo testing the performances of DNS (RFC 1034 and 1035) servers. ARGUMENTS request A domain name OPTIONS -t, --type The type of data requested (NS, A, SOA, etc) --no-recurse Do not request recursive queries --tcp Use only TCP ("virtual circuit") SEE ALSO echoping(1), AUTHOR Stephane Bortzmeyer May 26, 2004 ECHOPING_DNS(1)