DNS - Cache
Table of Contents
1 - About
A DNS cache is a cache of the result of a DNS lookup (query)
2 - Articles Related
3 - Example: How to flush
3.1 - Chrome
- Type in the address bar
chrome://net-internals/#dns
- and press the “Clear host cache” button.
3.2 - Linux
To clear your local DNS cache, you have to type
ipconfig /flushdns
This is important when you try to troubleshoot a network problem because if a name is already cached it won't try and resolve the name again.
Network - ipconfig