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Resolve host name to network address
Synopsis
nslookup <setting> <hostname>
Examples
Look up the IP address for ipxe.org
nslookup address ipxe.org
echo ${address}
Set TFTP next-server address to boot.ipxe.org
nslookup net0/next-server boot.ipxe.org
Description
Set value of the specified configuration setting to the network address corresponding to the specified host name.
Command status
| Success | The name was resolved successfully, and the setting was applied |
|---|---|
| Failure | The name was not resolved successfully, or the setting could not be applied |
See also
Build options
This command is available only when the build option NSLOOKUP_CMD is enabled.
Notes
You should not generally need to use the nslookup command, since you can simply include a host name as part of a URI. For example:
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php
