Re: ipconfig /flushdns lies

Thanks,
this is exactly what I was looking for.
(time and time again, the answer is in the knowlege base)
-Tom

245437 - How to Disable Client-Side DNS Caching in Windows [ipconfig
flushdns doesn;t due to high TTLs -reg entry to lower TTLs in cache]:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=245437



"Tom Celica" <tom@dontreply.com> wrote in message
news:h%CXa.754$JM1.61233193@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> What is the trick here?
> I type: ipconfig /flushdns
> and the OS reports that the dns resolver cache is successfully flushed,
but
> when I enter the command: ipconfig /displaydns
> the cache still contains lots of entries.
>
> Question: How do I empty the local dns resolver cache?
>
> Environment: winXPpro
> DNS is running on a remote machine
>
> thanks
> -Tom
>
>

In newshQXa.892$nJ4.71873665@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com,
Tom Celica <tom@dontreply.com>, posted their thoughts, then I offered my
thoughts down below:
> Thanks,
> this is exactly what I was looking for.
> (time and time again, the answer is in the knowlege base)
> -Tom
>
> 245437 - How to Disable Client-Side DNS Caching in Windows [ipconfig
> flushdns doesn;t due to high TTLs -reg entry to lower TTLs in cache]:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=245437
>
>
>
> "Tom Celica" <tom@dontreply.com> wrote in message
> news:h%CXa.754$JM1.61233193@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>> What is the trick here?
>> I type: ipconfig /flushdns
>> and the OS reports that the dns resolver cache is successfully
>> flushed, but when I enter the command: ipconfig /displaydns
>> the cache still contains lots of entries.
>>
>> Question: How do I empty the local dns resolver cache?
>>
>> Environment: winXPpro
>> DNS is running on a remote machine
>>
>> thanks
>> -Tom

No problem.

Did you find your HOSTS files infiltrated with entries too?


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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
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