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#168917 - 04/07/2003 03:41 Flushing DNS cache on WinXP
bonzi
pooh-bah

Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
How does one to this?

Background: I use DynDNS for a little test server connected via 'almost-always-on' dial-up ISDN connection. The connection breaks rather often (once a day or two), so the server's IP doesn't last very long. I left 'keep DNS translation in cache' field on DynDNS at default 60 seconds, but my WinXP workstation keeps server's old IP for hours, regardless. If I reboot the workstation, I get the 'fresh', correct IP for the server, of course, but that is hardly convenient. Is there a way to force WinXP to flush its IP cache and do fresh DNS lookup?

Thanks!

Edit: found:
ipconfig /flushdns


Edited by bonzi (04/07/2003 03:55)
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#168918 - 04/07/2003 09:23 Re: Flushing DNS cache on WinXP [Re: bonzi]
drakino
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
Better solution. Open the Services control panel (Under Administration Tools), and set "DNS Client" to disabled. That will prevent Windows from even keeping the cache. I run my own caching DNS server on my network, and so I am only wasting my hubs bandwith by doing this.

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