How do I determine what my DHCP server is?
ipconfig /all will show you the location of your DHCP server. There’s a line item that says “DHCP Server“ If you want to use ninja skills, you can use the command ipconfig /all | find /i “DHCP Server”
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Difference between /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf
resolv.conf specifies the nameservers for resolver lookups, where it will actually use the DNS protocol for resolving the hostnames. Typically the hosts file is used for administrative purposes, such as backend and internal functions, which is substantially more isolated in scope, as only the local server will reference it. /etc/nsswitch.conf specifies the lookup order with … Read more
List all DNS records in a domain using dig?
Answer The short answer to your specific question of listing CNAMEs is that you cannot without permission to do zone transfers (see How to list all CNAME records for a given domain?). That said, if your company’s DNS server still supports the ANY query, you can use dig to list the other records by doing: … Read more