How to Clean the DNS Cache

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Tip 1 - Clean Your DNS Cache to Fix Browsing Problems

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Girish Venkatachaliah | permalink

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:
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For further reading: http://lifehacker.com/343211/clean-your-dns-cache-to-fix-browsing-problems ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Flush DNS

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Tzitzmitl | permalink

Most computers that are connected to the internet automatically cache the hostname of the websites you have visited to make reloading the pages faster than if there was no cache. If the IP address of a website changes before your cache...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Flush-DNS ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Clear the Google Chrome DNS cache on Windows

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by dlloyd | permalink

Flushing your DNS cache can be a useful tool to resolve any host connection errors that you may experience with Google Chrome or other browsers. It is very simple to do and can be done directly in Chrome or from an Elevated Command Prompt window in Windows 7 or 8.

For further reading: http://www.howtogeek.com/197804/how-to-clear-the-google-chrome-dns-cache-on-windows/ ^[3]