How to Flush DNS with IPconfig

January 3rd, 2009 Posted in tips

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After buying a new domain and for sure you have to change to new DNS in your domain point to your hosting. My experience on changing my DNS, usually it will take 48 hours.

Most DNS clients cache the results of name resolution requests. This speeds up name resolution if multiple look ups are done to the same address, such as is common when browsing the web.

Sometimes a bad DNS entry will be cached and you will need to either flush the DNS cache to get rid of it, or wait up to 24 hours for it to be dropped from the cache automatically.

How to Flush DNS in Microsoft Windows

In Microsoft Windows, you can use the command ipconfig /flushdns to flush the DNS resolver cache:

type cmd in box for Vista or for XP type in run box

C:\>ipconfig /flushdns

Windows IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

You can also use the command ipconfig /displaydns to view the DNS resolver cache.

How to flush DNS cache in Windows from the command line

Tags: Cache, Domain Name System, Internet Protocol, IP address, ipconfig, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Windows Vista, Windows XP

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3 Responses to “How to Flush DNS with IPconfig”

Norhafidz Says:

January 8th, 2009 at 4:36 am
Great vid lan, thanks for sharing, I learned something from that.
lankapo Says:

January 8th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

@ Norhafidz,
great to hear that. sama-sama lah kita belajar
titan Says:

January 28th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
bagus. info best nih..

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