cisco commands

[raaudia4]

I am in the process of setting up nat to a cable modem using a cisco 2514 router 12.2IOS. Can anyone explain the difference and significance of these commands:

ip name-server
dns-server

I went to cisco's website and I,m still unclear as to when, and how to use them.
Thanx in advance

 

[pmesjar]

I don't know about dns-server command, but command "ip name-server" will specify ip-address of host computer to act as ip-address to name resolution server for Cisco routers. Basically you will specify address of DNS server to be used with Cisco routers.

 

[ChrisAC]

I don't think that dns-server is a valid command ....

router(config)#dns?
dnsix-dmdp dnsix-nat

router(config)#dns

However, on the Catalyst switch series you do have the command ..

set ip dns server <dns_IP_address> [primary]

This command can't be used on routers. On a router you would use the &quot;ip name-server <ip_addr>&quot; command.

Chris.
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