clear dns cache

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clear dns cache

06 December 2020, 21:48:59

Hello i have been working with dns on cloudflare dashboard and i have made couple of changes over and over and it didn't work
but when i asked my friend to ping my domen he can access the new changed ip, while for me ping retrieves old invalid ip, same for websites that change url, i have contacted cloudflare & hosting support and they told me to see what handles my network and to flush-chear dns cache but i don't know how would i do that on artix runit.

Re: clear dns cache

Reply #1 – 06 December 2020, 21:53:40

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kamey-x541nc:[kamey]:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by Connection Manager
nameserver ::1
nameserver 127.0.0.1

it displays localhost ip, so this os is hosting it's own dns server on localhost that's why it doesn't update?

Re: clear dns cache

Reply #2 – 06 December 2020, 21:56:20

I'm checking this wiki page, but it doesn't seem to contain anything that would solve this.
https://wiki.artixlinux.org/runit/NetworkConfiguration

Re: clear dns cache

Reply #3 – 07 December 2020, 21:25:33

DNS is the Domain Name Server, it matches website names to numerical IP addresses. Often the DNS server is configured in your router, and your internet provider might provide this server as well. You can configure your router to use other DNS providers instead, like Google at 8.8.8.8 although generally the default will be optimized for your geographical location.
From what I read online non-systemd Linux probably doesn't cache DNS lookups unless you set it to do so and installed extra packages, but your router might cache them (some do this, but not all), and could possibly be cleared either by powering it on and off or logging in and and looking at the menus.