Charly's Column – DNSDiag

dnsping lives up to its name, repeatedly querying a DNS server and displaying the response times. The hostname to be resolved is a mandatory parameter. dnsping prompts you for the system's default name server, which can be changed using -s . After typing

sudo dnsping.py -v -s 8.8.8.8 linux-magazine.com

REF: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2019/220/The-sys-admin-s-daily-grind-DNSDiag