D-Link DWS-4000 Series Cli Command Reference page 463

clear host
Use this command to delete entries from the host name-to-address cache. This command clears the entries from the DNS
cache maintained by the software. This command clears both IPv4 and IPv6 entries.
Format
clear host {<name> | all}
Mode Privileged EXEC
Field Description
name A particular host entry to remove. <name> ranges from 1-255 characters.
all Removes all entries.
show hosts
Use this command to display the default domain name, a list of name server hosts, the static and the cached list of host
names and addresses. <name> ranges from 1-255 characters. This command displays both IPv4 and IPv6 entries.
Format
show hosts [name]
Mode User EXEC
Field Description
Host Name Domain host name.
Default Domain Default domain name.
Default Domain Default domain list.
List
Domain Name DNS client enabled/disabled.
Lookup
Number of Retries Number of time to retry sending Domain Name System (DNS) queries.
Retry Timeout Amount of time to wait for a response to a DNS query.
Period
Name Servers Configured name servers.
Example: The following shows example CLI display output for the command.
<DWS-4026> show hosts
Host name......................... Device
Default domain.................... gm.com
Default domain list............... yahoo.com, Stanford.edu, rediff.com
Domain Name lookup................ Enabled
Number of retries................. 5
Retry timeout period.............. 1500
Name servers (Preference order)... 176.16.1.18 176.16.1.19
Configured host name-to-address mapping:
Host Addresses
DNS Client Commands
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