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How do I perform a DNS Lookup — New UI

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Diagnostics Overview

The Diagnostics page allows administrators to perform device-level network troubleshooting directly from the Cloud Controller. It provides built-in tools to test connectivity, routing, DNS resolution, and wireless environment visibility for a selected network device.

This page helps isolate network, ISP, DNS, and device-related issues without requiring local access to the device.

Navigation

Path:
Select Network → Monitor → Network Devices → Action → Diagnostics

Device Selection

At the top of the page, the following device details are displayed:

Diagnostics 
Device 
00:0C:66:16:4D:29 X 
V 
Model PC-61C4-MW6 
MAC Address 00:0C:66:16:4D:29 
Tools 
Packet Capture 
ARP Table 
Speed Test 
AT Command 
Wi-Fi Scan
  • Device – Selected device MAC address

  • Model – Device model identifier

  • MAC Address – Hardware address of the selected device

Administrators can switch devices using the Device selector dropdown.

Diagnostic Tabs

The Diagnostics page includes multiple tabs for different troubleshooting functions.

  1. Tools

DNS Look Up

The DNS Look Up tool resolves a hostname using a specified DNS server.

Device 
00:0C:66:16:4D:29 X 
V 
Model PC-61C4-MW6 
MAC Address 00:0C:66:16:4D:29 
Tools 
Packet Capture 
ARP Table 
Speed Test 
AT Command 
Wi-Fi Scan 
DNS Look Up 
Hostname : 
yahoo.com 
DNS Server : 
8.8.8.8 
Run 
DNS Lookup for yahoo.com from 8.8.8.8 
;; - >>HEADER <<- opcode: QUERY, rcode: NOERROR, id: 4518 
; flags: qr rd ra ; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 
; QUESTION SECTION: 
; yahoo.com. IN A 
; ANSWER SECTION: 
yahoo.com. 100 IN A 74.6.143.26 
yahoo.com. 100 IN A 74.6.143.25 
yahoo.com. 100 IN A 98.137.11.164 
yahoo.com. 100 IN A 74.6.231.21 
yahoo.com. 100 IN A 98.137.11.163 
yahoo.com. 100 IN A 74.6.231.20 
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: 
; ADDITIONAL SECTION: 
; Query time: 42 msec 
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8 
; WHEN: Sat Jan 3 02:11:45 2026 
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 123

Options:

  • Hostname – Domain name to resolve

  • DNS Server – DNS server IP (e.g., 8.8.8.8)

  • Run button

Use cases:

  • Verify DNS resolution

  • Troubleshoot domain access issues

  • Validate DNS server configuration

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