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Google doesn't work sometimes...

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bobsaget

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Half the time I try to type in www.google.com, it doesn't go to it. It takes about 20 secs, and then it comes to a cannot find server error.

I have 1.5mb/sec cable!


whats wrong???
 
...from the command line (assuming a Windoze OS):

ipconfig /flushdns

Try again.... :cool:

B.B.S.
 
What does flushing the dns do in simple terms? Sorry I don't really understand it. And is it good to flush it like once every week or could that have a negative effect?
 
Flushing your DNS removes all cached entries for IP to hostnames.

So the first time you visit google.com, you get an IP from the DNS servers. Your machine caches this IP, so the next time you visit that site, it's quicker because it doesn't do a DNS lookup, instead is uses the cache.

As djnes' link mentions, XP caches negative DNS entries, which is bad. This should be disabled on all XP loads, I have yet to see a benefit from this.

A negative DNS works like this. You visit google.com, but it's down, no IP. Your machine caches this entry, and every time you revisit google.com it pulls up the cached IP. Since the cached IP is nothing you will have problems seeing the site until you clear this negative cached entry.
 
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