{"id":4464,"date":"2019-01-24T10:36:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T06:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartwebsolutions.org\/blog\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2019-04-15T12:18:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T08:18:44","slug":"how-to-flush-dns-cache-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartwebsolutions.org\/blog\/how-to-flush-dns-cache-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to flush DNS cache in windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sometimes DNS issue on the client-side<\/strong>. In this case, you should try flushing your local DNS cache. This is similar to clearing your browser cache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Windows open Command Prompt(cmd) and give the following :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>ipconfig\u00a0\/flushdns<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see the following result after executing the above command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Windows IP Configuration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes DNS issue on the client-side. In this case, you should try flushing your local DNS cache. This is similar to clearing your browser cache. In Windows open Command Prompt(cmd) and give the following : You can see the following result after executing the above command. 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