DnsClient module: #2 DnsClient & Cache

The DnsClient module has a number of Get- cmdlets

Get-DnsClient | Format-List InterfaceAlias, ConnectionSpecificSuffix, Register*, UseSuffix*

An example of the output is

InterfaceAlias                 : Ethernet
ConnectionSpecificSuffix       :
RegisterThisConnectionsAddress : True
UseSuffixWhenRegistering       : False

Of more interest when trouble shooting is Get-DnsClientCache

PS> Get-DnsClientCache | select -f 1 | fl

Entry      : 14.54.10.10.in-addr.arpa
RecordName : 14.54.10.10.in-addr.arpa.
RecordType : PTR
Status     : Success
Section    : Answer
TimeToLive : 86400
DataLength : 4
Data       : Win7test

You get a number of ways to interrogate the cache

PS> Get-Command Get-DnsClientCache  -Syntax

Get-DnsClientCache [[-Entry] <string[]>] [-Name <string[]>] [-Type <Type[]>] [-Status <Status[]>]
[-Section<Section[]>] [-TimeToLive <uint32[]>] [-DataLength <uint16[]>] [-Data <string[]>]
[-CimSession <CimSession[]>][-ThrottleLimit <int>] [-AsJob] [<CommonParameters>]

Its another CIM based cmdlet so you can use CimSessions to access remote machines. Very useful if you think the machine isn’t resolving DNS names properly