LKBEN10918: Howto flush the dns cache for a local windows computer and on a dns server
Symptom
You would like to flush the dns cache on your server and on the client
Cause
none
Solution
To flush the local client dns cache you use the ipconfig command. e.g.
ipconfig /flushdns
This will flush the local computers cache.
To clear the caching of the dns server you need to use the dnscmd command. e.g.
dnscmd /clearcache
This will clear the dns server cache.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 28/05/2024