Tip - Clean Your DNS Cache to Fix Browsing Problems

Published  | Submitted by Girish Venkatachaliah
Clean Your DNS Cache to Fix Browsing Problems

If you've found yourself hitting DNS errors or 404 pages in your browser but you know your net connection is working fine, it might be time to flush and restart Windows' DNS cache. The How-To Geek shows how to do this in three command line entries, although you might only need the first to see results. After launching a command prompt as an administrator and closing down Firefox (which has its own DNS cache), enter the following:
Tags: Windows Tip, DNS, Firefox, Web Browsing, Lifehacker

About Author

More by Girish Venkatachaliah

About This Tip

Posted: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago

109 Reads
0 Votes