hostname in ACLs

exkor5000

if I would to use:

access-list 1 permit hostname usa-dragon

how would the device go about resolving that name, if the hosts file is not present?

Thanks

BubbaJ

exkor5000 wrote:

if I would to use:

access-list 1 permit hostname usa-dragon

how would the device go about resolving that name, if the hosts file is not present?

Thanks

Well, first, "hostname" is not a keyword. It should be like this:

access-list 1 permit usa-dragon

"Host" is a keyword meaning that the following is an exact IP address (0.0.0.0 wildcard mask). You can put in a DNS name for an IP address. You should specify where the DNS server is with the ip name-server xxxxxx command.