- Clearing DNS cache
- Posted by Jim Madsen on January 9th, 2006
I have XP Home Edition. Over the weekend I has trouble connecting to a
web site -- today I could connect from work, but not at home. Suddenly
it started working again.
Question--it appeared to be a DNS problem (could not resolve host).
Does XP Home cache DNS, and if so how does one clear the DNS cache, or
turn DNS caching off?
Jim
- Posted by Tom [Pepper] Willett on January 10th, 2006
From a command prompt: ipconfig /flushdns
"Jim Madsen" <justme@nobody.com> wrote in message
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>I have XP Home Edition. Over the weekend I has trouble connecting to a web
>site -- today I could connect from work, but not at home. Suddenly it
>started working again.
>
> Question--it appeared to be a DNS problem (could not resolve host). Does
> XP Home cache DNS, and if so how does one clear the DNS cache, or turn DNS
> caching off?
>
> Jim
- Posted by Jim Madsen on January 10th, 2006
Thanks Tom--
I did a search in XP Help, but could not find that tidbit of info.
Tom [Pepper] Willett wrote:
> From a command prompt: ipconfig /flushdns
>
>
> "Jim Madsen" <justme@nobody.com> wrote in message
> news:uL0ryDYFGHA.3100@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
>>I have XP Home Edition. Over the weekend I has trouble connecting to a web
>>site -- today I could connect from work, but not at home. Suddenly it
>>started working again.
>>
>>Question--it appeared to be a DNS problem (could not resolve host). Does
>>XP Home cache DNS, and if so how does one clear the DNS cache, or turn DNS
>>caching off?
>>
>>Jim
>
>
>
- Posted by Wesley Vogel on January 10th, 2006
I read somewhere that...
The default time period for keeping an address in the cache is 24 hours.
ipconfig /flushdns Purges the DNS Resolver cache.
Open a command prompt...
Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK |
Type or paste this in the command prompt window:
ipconfig /flushdns
Hit your Enter key.
To see ipconfig help, type or paste:
ipconfig /?
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:uL0ryDYFGHA.3100@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Jim Madsen <justme@nobody.com> hunted and pecked:
> I have XP Home Edition. Over the weekend I has trouble connecting to a
> web site -- today I could connect from work, but not at home. Suddenly
> it started working again.
>
> Question--it appeared to be a DNS problem (could not resolve host).
> Does XP Home cache DNS, and if so how does one clear the DNS cache, or
> turn DNS caching off?
>
> Jim
