DNS depicts the DOMAIN NAME SERVER which is very vital for accessing websites .Every website has it domain name for example www.esoftwall.com ,this is the userfriendly readabe domain name but in detail this domain name has a IP address which is the original name to understand and remember the website name the ip address is masked with text like 173.194.66.121 (www.esoftwall.com) .The DNS cache is always saved in your computer or laptop.Most of the times you find some websites are not open from your laptop and open from another laptop ,you may find the error like clear the browser cache to open the site or clear the DNS cache.Clearing the DNS cache frequntly really helps.
By clearing the DNS cache there are benefits like less error messages, fast performance In this tutorial you will see , how to clear the DNS cache for your OS(Operating System ).
By clearing the DNS cache there are benefits like less error messages, fast performance In this tutorial you will see , how to clear the DNS cache for your OS(Operating System ).
| Computer and DNS Server by OS | Go to Command Prompt | Command to Use to Clear the DNS Cache |
|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Go to Start menu -> Run -> Type cmd -> press Enter/Return
|
ipconfig /flushdns
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| Mac OSX 10.4 (Tiger) |
Click the Terminal icon in the dock or in Finder (in /Applications/Utilities/)
|
lookupd -flushcache
|
| Mac OSX 10.5-10.8 (Leopards & Lions) |
Click the Terminal icon in the dock or in Finder (in /Applications/Utilities/)
|
dscacheutil -flushcache
|
| Linux (Most Distributions) |
Open a terminal window (gnome-terminal, konsole, xterm, etc.)
| sudo /etc/init.d/nscd restart or sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart |