ip versus dig/host, does ip provide DNS functionality?












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Does the new ip alternative to ifconfig include functionality for DNS lookup like dig or host?



I have looked through the basic command list and do not see DNS-related commands.










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    "does ip provide DNS functionality?" IP only knows IP addresses. Names are used by applications, not the network stack. DNS is an application-layer protocol. The data-link, network, and transport layers know nothing about names.

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  • @RonMaupin this is about ip, the tool and not about IP, the protocol.

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Does the new ip alternative to ifconfig include functionality for DNS lookup like dig or host?



I have looked through the basic command list and do not see DNS-related commands.










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  • A better question would include what specifically you use dig and such for, and how you want to improve that.

    – John Mahowald
    5 hours ago











  • Please specify operating system in your question and/or tags. Platforms other than Linux exist.

    – John Mahowald
    5 hours ago






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    "does ip provide DNS functionality?" IP only knows IP addresses. Names are used by applications, not the network stack. DNS is an application-layer protocol. The data-link, network, and transport layers know nothing about names.

    – Ron Maupin
    5 hours ago











  • @RonMaupin this is about ip, the tool and not about IP, the protocol.

    – guntbert
    20 mins ago














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Does the new ip alternative to ifconfig include functionality for DNS lookup like dig or host?



I have looked through the basic command list and do not see DNS-related commands.










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Does the new ip alternative to ifconfig include functionality for DNS lookup like dig or host?



I have looked through the basic command list and do not see DNS-related commands.







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  • A better question would include what specifically you use dig and such for, and how you want to improve that.

    – John Mahowald
    5 hours ago











  • Please specify operating system in your question and/or tags. Platforms other than Linux exist.

    – John Mahowald
    5 hours ago






  • 1





    "does ip provide DNS functionality?" IP only knows IP addresses. Names are used by applications, not the network stack. DNS is an application-layer protocol. The data-link, network, and transport layers know nothing about names.

    – Ron Maupin
    5 hours ago











  • @RonMaupin this is about ip, the tool and not about IP, the protocol.

    – guntbert
    20 mins ago



















  • A better question would include what specifically you use dig and such for, and how you want to improve that.

    – John Mahowald
    5 hours ago











  • Please specify operating system in your question and/or tags. Platforms other than Linux exist.

    – John Mahowald
    5 hours ago






  • 1





    "does ip provide DNS functionality?" IP only knows IP addresses. Names are used by applications, not the network stack. DNS is an application-layer protocol. The data-link, network, and transport layers know nothing about names.

    – Ron Maupin
    5 hours ago











  • @RonMaupin this is about ip, the tool and not about IP, the protocol.

    – guntbert
    20 mins ago

















A better question would include what specifically you use dig and such for, and how you want to improve that.

– John Mahowald
5 hours ago





A better question would include what specifically you use dig and such for, and how you want to improve that.

– John Mahowald
5 hours ago













Please specify operating system in your question and/or tags. Platforms other than Linux exist.

– John Mahowald
5 hours ago





Please specify operating system in your question and/or tags. Platforms other than Linux exist.

– John Mahowald
5 hours ago




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"does ip provide DNS functionality?" IP only knows IP addresses. Names are used by applications, not the network stack. DNS is an application-layer protocol. The data-link, network, and transport layers know nothing about names.

– Ron Maupin
5 hours ago





"does ip provide DNS functionality?" IP only knows IP addresses. Names are used by applications, not the network stack. DNS is an application-layer protocol. The data-link, network, and transport layers know nothing about names.

– Ron Maupin
5 hours ago













@RonMaupin this is about ip, the tool and not about IP, the protocol.

– guntbert
20 mins ago





@RonMaupin this is about ip, the tool and not about IP, the protocol.

– guntbert
20 mins ago










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No, ip is not a robust DNS tool. All the iproute package does with names, per its man page, is optionally -resolve addresses. (Which the system resolver might not use DNS for.)






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    No, ip is not a robust DNS tool. All the iproute package does with names, per its man page, is optionally -resolve addresses. (Which the system resolver might not use DNS for.)






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