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Flush DNS on Mac OS X ,Windows and Linux from command line

Wednesday, January 8th, 2025

MAC OS X flush DNS cache

Open macOS /Mac OS X terminal application and type the following command under OS X version 10.5 and above:

# dscacheutil -flushcache

Mac OS X Tiger (v10.4) user, enter:

# lookupd -flushcache

macOS 11 Big Sur or 12 Monterey user, try:

# sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

macOS 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, or 10.15 Catalina user try:

# sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

On Mac OS X version 10.6 and onwards to dump DNS cached records

$ dscacheutil -cachedump -entries

Display your DNS cached records on Windows

DNS cached records are stored to offload the DNS from querying it all the time in order to resolve the questionable site domain IP.

To view most recent cached DNS records on Windows use cmd:

c:\Windows\> ipconfig /displaydns

Windows IP Configuration

array805.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com
—————————————-
Record Name . . . . . : array805.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com
Record Type . . . . . : 1
Time To Live . . . . : 1894
Data Length . . . . . : 4
Section . . . . . . . : Answer
A (Host) Record . . . : 52.143.124.236

telemetry-incoming.r53-2.services.mozilla.com
—————————————-
Record Name . . . . . : telemetry-incoming.r53-2.services.mozilla.com
Record Type . . . . . : 1
Time To Live . . . . : 444
Data Length . . . . . : 4
Section . . . . . . . : Answer
A (Host) Record . . . : 34.120.208.123

tunnel.googlezip.net
—————————————-
Record Name . . . . . : tunnel.googlezip.net
Record Type . . . . . : 1
Time To Live . . . . : 36756
Data Length . . . . . : 4
…

Use up/down scroll array to see the cached record you need to view in the DNS cache.

Flush DNS Cache on Windows OS

Open the terminal (Start > Run > type cmd and press the [Enter] key) and type the following command to flush DNS on Win XP/2000/7/10 etc:

# ipconfig /flushdns

How to Flush DNS local cache queries on Linux

If you’re using a Linux distro such as Ubuntu, here’s how to flush the DNS cache:

Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or searching for “Terminal” in the Activities menu.
Run the following command:
If you are running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux or older Linux distro using systemd-resolve, use: sudo systemd-resolve –flush-caches.
If you are running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or newer, use: sudo resolvectl flush-caches.
Enter your administrator password when prompted, and the DNS cache will be flushed.

To check the change in the DNS record is real, you can check the DNS cache statistics:

# resolvectl statistics

On older Linux distributions where /etc/resolv.conf nameserver directives are used to set the DNS for the server, to flush the cache
only options is to either flush the server used cache or change the nameserver inside the file.

Check the DNS cache records on older Linux distros (requires NSCD daemon)

Assuming the nscd daemon is UP and running (if not you have to install it) to check the cached local DNS records on Linux do

# service nscd status

Reviewing Your DNS Cache on modern Linux distros

The systemd-resolved daemon reacts to USR1 by writing its cache to the system logs. We can then use the journalctl command to filter out the DNS entries.

We'll use the killall command with USR1 To send the signal to the systemd-resolved daemon. Note that although we're using the killall command, the systemd-resolved daemon continues to run. This isn't a termination signal that we're sending.

$ sudo killall -USR1 systemd-resolved

Now we'll use the journalctl command with the -u (filter by systemd unit) option to extract the log entries that have been generated by systemd-resolved . We'll redirect that output into a text files called "dns.txt."

$ sudo journalctl -u systemd-resolved > dns.txt

Then check the DNS records

$ less dns.txt

Then find the cached mappings between domain names and IP addresses in.

How to Flush the dnsmasq Cache on Linux

The dnsmasq application provides a DNS cache and a DHCP server.

dnsmasq is popular among with users who want to run their own DNS server, especially on non-systemd installations.

Flushing the dnsmasq DNS cache is easy. We need to send the SIGHUP signal, which tells the dnsmasq daemon to effectively reinitialize. Doing so clears its DNS cache. To send the signal we use the killall command with the -HUP flag, and the name of the application.

$ sudo killall -HUP dnsmasq

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Fix temporary DNS problems on Windows – ipconfig /flushdns

Monday, March 17th, 2014

fix temporary dns issues ipconfig /fush
My internet connection is coming router over a strange Belarusian ADSL modem "Промсвязь". This device serves as ADSL modem and a Wireless Router.
promsviaz_belarusian_adsl_and_wifi_modem

Periodically I'm experiencing issues with DNS, where there is internet but DNS resolving stops woring even though in ipconfig /all I can see DNS settings are proper:

C:\Users\hipo> ipconfig /all

... Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 3C-A9-F4-4C-E7-98 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5d2f:97b8:9e1a:2b13%63(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.2(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : March 17, 2014 16:57:40 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : March 18, 2014 16:57:40 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 1094494708 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-CB-1A-5D-A4-5D-36-5A-EB-84

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8 192.168.100.1 8.8.4.4 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

The fix to situation is to Restart Promsvijazy and restart my Notebook. As this fix takes a lot of time I found another "work around". Make Windows Flush its DNS servers (forget old DNS servers and re-assign them again)

C:\Users\hipo> ipconfig /flushdns

Windows IP Configuration Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

Other useful commands to make connection re-initiate completely are:

ipconfig /renew

Renews all Adapter settings (Lan, Wiki, PPP etc.) – re-assign IPs / re-initiate connections and

ipconfig /release

Releases any established connection

Tags: Adapter, CB, connection, DNS, fix, internet connection, ipconfig, ipconfig flushdns, Lease Obtained, make, Make Windows Flush, Physical Address, PM, ppp, Restart Promsvijazy, router, Windows, wireless router, work
Posted in Everyday Life, Various, Windows | 2 Comments »

ping “General Failure” no internet connection Windows 7 on HP work computer – Reasons for general failure and solution

Monday, May 26th, 2014

windows-7-general-failure-error-fix-on-hp-workbook
Out of a sudden today after running Malware Bytes – Free Anti-Malware & Internet Security Software, and after it found some Malware (Pup.Optional.Opencandy) and removed it it WI-FI internet on my work computer HP Elitebook 8470p mysteriously stopped working.

That's quite nasty because today I'm working from Home – well known among Hewlett Packard employees under WFH abbreviation. I couldn't connect normally to my home Access Point and tried pinging Google from command line just to get an error:

`Transmit Failed: General Failure`

and first I thought it is a wi-fi router related problem and restarted my WIFI Router – D-Link DI524. As I could normally connect to the WIFI and I see there is an internet IP assigned running:

ipconfig /all ... Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 3C-A9-F4-4C-E7-98 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5d2f:97b8:9e1a:2b13%63(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.159(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : May 23, 2014 14:19:01 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : May 30, 2014 14:32:49 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 1094494708 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-CB-1A-5D-A4-5D-36-5A-EB-84 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8 192.168.2.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

As you see in above output I have notebook IP, default gateway and DNS IP assigned – i.e. all seems fine, so as I got General Failure from pinging the Internet in order to make sure my Linux router is not the bottleneck I tried pinging Default GW

C:UsersGeorgi> ping 192.168.2.1 Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data: PING: transmit failed. General failure. PING: transmit failed. General failure. PING: transmit failed. General failure. PING: transmit failed. General failure. Ping statistics for 192.168.2.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)

Just to realize I'm continually getting General Failure error …

I tried trying to renew IPs, to make sure there is no some kind of IP assignment conflict with my other WIFI connected devices,reflushing DNS and resetting WinSock stack, hoping this could help:

> ipconfig /renew > ipconfig /flushdns > netsh winsock reset

Then I tried restarting the PC a couple of times, but unfortunately none of those helped the shitty error:

PING: Transmit failed. General Failure

continued …

I was totally out of idea .. and red some people managed to fix the issue after booting Windows into Safe mode with Networking. I tried booting in Safe mode, but as Hard Drive data is encrypted with Bitlocker encryption I was asked about some kinf of Serial Key – which I don't have at hand – hence I couldn't boot into Safe mode …

Here is moment to say even loopback device was returning "General Failure"!

I tried even connecting the laptop directly into my homelan with UTP cable, but though everything got connected, there was no local network and internet. I tried even connecting via Vivacom's mobile network 3G modem and even there I got the "General Failure" error …

Running out of options, I decided it might be that Malware Bytes broke something during Malware removal hence I put out back Quarantined Malware files – but this didn't solve it either.

solution-to-no-internet-general-failure-ping-error-firewall-off-screenshot.png

Finally I found this post and this thread talking that reason for "General Failure" might be firewall related. After checking my firewall settings in Windows Firewall and Advanced Security, surprisingly I realized everything related to firewall – e.g. Default Profile, Inbound, Outbound connections are Turned off!!!

windows-firewall-off-reason-for-general-failure-no-internet

I switched everything back and my Internet and local connection came back! THANKS GOD! Pfuu, now I can continue working. It seems HP work computers are patched with software / configured to not allow Internet connection in case if Firewall is Off. If you happen to be an HP Employee and you get the PING: Transmit failed. General Failure, be sure the first place to check is whether Windows Firewall is enabled? – if not enable it and this will solve your connectivity issues. Cheers ! 🙂

Tags: data, default gateway, General Failure, help, hp, Internet, ipconfig flushdns, Lease Obtained, Malware, Networking, Physical Address, ping, problem, Safe, solution, Windows, Wireless Network Connection, working
Posted in System Administration, Windows | 3 Comments »

How to renew IP address, Add Routing and flush DNS cache on Windows XP / Vista / 7

Friday, November 25th, 2011

There are two handy Windows commands which can be used to renew IP address or flush prior cached DNS records which often create problems with resolving hosts.

1. To renew the IP address (fetch address from DHCP server)C:> ipconfig /release C:> ipconfig /renew

In above cmd ipconfig /release will de-assign the IP address configured on all Windows LAN and Wireless interfaces, whether ipconfig /renew will send request for IP address to the DNS server.

To unassign and assign again IP address from DHCP server only for a particular LAN or WLAN card:

C:> ipconfig /release LAN C:> ipconfig /renew LAN C:> ipconfig /release WLAN C:> ipconfig /renew WLAN
2. Adding specific routing to Windows

Windows has a Route command similar by syntax to Linux’s route command.
To add routing via a specific predefined IP addresses on Windows the commands should be something like:

C:> Route add 192.168.40.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.41.253 C:> Route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.41.254 The first command adds IP 192.168.40.0 in the network of 255 hosts to be routed via 192.168.41.253
The second one adds 192.168.41.254 as a default gateway for all outbound traffic from the Windows host.
To make permanent routing -p switch is used.
3. To clear Windows DNS cache (flush DNS cached records) C:> ipconfig /flushdns
This will clear all IP records corresponding to hostnames previously cached on the Windows host. Using ipconfig /flushdns is especially handy when IP address for a specific DNS host is changed. Flushing the Windows DNS cache can save us a lot of waiting before the domain example.com starts resolving to the new IP address let’s say 1.2.3.4 instead of the old one 2.2.2.2

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