Short: DNS lookup tools for classic AmigaOS Author: c-ares contributors; AmigaOS port by RLH Uploader: rlh_amiga protonmail com (RLH) Type: comm/tcp Version: 1.1.0 Requires: bsdsocket.library V3, IPv4 TCP/IP stack Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.0.4 Have you ever wanted to check where a domain points, find its mail servers, or understand why a name is not resolving on your Amiga? This package gives you two small commands for doing exactly that. adig is the DNS lookup command from c-ares, ported to classic m68k AmigaOS. Its command line and output are similar to BIND dig. It can query A, AAAA, MX, NS, PTR, SOA, SRV, TXT, CAA and other DNS record types. ahost is the quick companion command from c-ares. Give it a host name to see its IPv4 address, or an IPv4 address to find the associated host name. Use adig when you want to choose a DNS server or inspect a particular record. c-ares project: https://c-ares.org/ Things you can do ----------------- Ask a particular DNS server for a site's IPv4 address: adig @1.1.1.1 amiga.org A Find where email for a domain is delivered: adig @1.1.1.1 amiga.org MX Find the authoritative DNS servers for a domain: adig @1.1.1.1 amiga.org NS Look up the name belonging to an IP address: adig @1.1.1.1 -x 8.8.8.8 Check whether two DNS servers give the same answer: adig @192.168.1.1 amiga.org A adig @1.1.1.1 amiga.org A Quickly find the IPv4 address for a site: ahost amiga.org Quickly look up the name belonging to an IPv4 address: ahost 8.8.8.8 1.1.1.1 is a public DNS server. 192.168.1.1 is an example router address; your router may use a different address. The archive includes two builds of each command: adig-68000 Build for 68000 systems adig-020 Build for 68020/68030/68040/68060 systems ahost-68000 Build for 68000 systems ahost-020 Build for 68020/68030/68040/68060 systems International names are entered in their DNS form. For example, xn--mnchen-3ya.de represents a name whose second letter is a u with an umlaut. Double-click Install-adig for a guided text-based installation. It detects the CPU and recommends a build, while leaving the final choice and install destination to you. The destination entered is the adig path; ahost is placed in the same directory under the name ahost. Manual installation is also possible. Copy the matching pair. For example: Copy adig-68000 C:adig Copy ahost-68000 C:ahost Start the TCP/IP stack before using either command. Roadshow may keep DHCP-provided DNS servers internally instead of writing them to name_resolution. If either command cannot find a server automatically, specify one: adig @192.168.1.1 amiga.org MX ahost -s 192.168.1.1 amiga.org Requirements ------------ - Kickstart/AmigaOS 2.04 (V37) or newer - A 68000, 68020, 68030, 68040 or 68060 CPU - Roadshow or another bsdsocket.library V3 compatible TCP/IP stack - A configured and running IPv4 connection The full command-line reference, installation help and known limitations are in the included plain README. License ------- c-ares, adig and ahost are distributed under the MIT License. The complete license and upstream author list are included as LICENSE and AUTHORS. The executable builds use clib2 by Olaf Barthel and contributors under its BSD 3-Clause license, included as CLIB2-LICENSE. No separate library installation is needed. This is an unofficial port and comes with no warranty or support. Contact ------- AmigaOS port feedback: RLH History ------- 1.1.0 (05.09.2026) - Added the c-ares ahost companion command. - Both commands are installed together after one CPU choice. 1.0.1 (04.09.2026) - Initial Aminet release. - Architecture-specific builds for 68000 and 68020+ systems. - Native guided text installer.