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Get-DnsClient



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SYNOPSIS

Retrieves details of the network interfaces configured on a specified computer.

SYNTAX


Get-DnsClient [[-InterfaceAlias] <String[]>] [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-ConnectionSpecificSuffix <String[]>] [-InterfaceIndex <UInt32[]>]
[-RegisterThisConnectionsAddress <Boolean[]>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-UseSuffixWhenRegistering <Boolean[]>] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Get-DnsClient cmdlet retrieves configuration details specific to the different network interfaces on a specified computer.



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RELATED LINKS

Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=287322
Register-DnsClient
Set-DnsClient

REMARKS

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Examples


EXAMPLE 1

PS C:\>Get-DnsClient



This example gets configuration details of network interfaces on a computer.




EXAMPLE 2

PS C:\>$dnsClient1 = Get-DnsClient -InterfaceAlias "Wired Ethernet Connection"



PS C:\>Set-DnsClientServerAddress –InputObject $dnsClinet1 -ServerAddresses ("10.0.0.1","10.0.0.2")


This is a version of the cmdlet using the pipeline.
PS C:\>Get-DnsClient | Set-DnsClientServerAddress -ServerAddresses ("10.0.0.1","10.0.0.2")



This example sets the DNS server IP address on all of the wired Ethernet connections on a computer.




EXAMPLE 3

PS C:\>Get-DnsClient | Set-DnsClientServerAddress -ResetServerAddresses



This example resets all of the network interfaces to use DHCP-specified DNS server addresses.