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How to clear DNS cache in Ubuntu?

I'm having problems related to DNS solving in my Ubuntu 9.10. Prior complaining to my ISP I would like to refresh my local DNS cache, like in Windows we do ipconfig /flushdns. How can I do that in ...
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How come hosts file redirection fails?

I am trying to redirect google.com to my local machine for fun and learning with this /etc/hosts file on my Mac. 127.0.0.1 www.google.com However, www.google.com still maps to the Google home page ...
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Chrome can't connect to internet (but other browsers can) [duplicate]

All of a sudden a couple days ago, my Chrome browser (v. 37, on Win7 desktop) stopped working. It just displays the "Google Dinosaur" with the message "Unable to connect to the Internet" (Error code: ...
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Chrome is unable to connect to the Internet

I'm getting the error code: DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET in Google Chrome. The thing is, I have a working internet connection. I am posting this using that connection, using Internet Explorer. It's ...
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DNS Flusher for Google Chrome

Is there an extension for Google Chrome to do same thing that Firefox DNS Flusher does?
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Does clearing/flushing the DNS cache in Google Chrome delete the history, etc.?

I had a couple of questions: If I follow the instructions here, then will it also delete the history, auto-fill details, passwords, etc. from Google Chrome? (I just wanna double check before I ...
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How to identify web site inaccessible issue on OSX?

I would like to know how I can identify this problem. I have been surfing on Internet today without any problem and not setting changed. I really think this is the cause of HTTP packet from internet ...
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Google Chrome wrong dns resolves

I'm experiencing this strange issue: Google Chrome is resolving paypalobjects.com in a wrong ip I did these operations without success: clear/flush chrome brosing cache clear/flush chrome dns cache ...
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Chrome ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED after nameserver change

I've created my first ubuntu 14.04 server on digital ocean and tried to point my domain to it. Ive configured everything with help of the following tutorial to set up my apache virtual host. When i go ...
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Why does Chrome need DNS lookup when the URL just an IP address?

I am testing on a private network and want to use Chrome to load a web page. There is no DNS access on that machine. Chrome will not let me load the page because of something like "The server XXX can'...
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Mountain lion DNS cache flushing

After trying, sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder sudo dscacheutil -flushcache Navigating to chrome's dns cache flush page, clearing How to clear/flush the DNS cache in Google Chrome? Trying the same ...
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Google Chrome reads hosts file changes for too long

When I use the system hosts file to override DNS, Google Chrome takes longer than I'd like to pick up the changes, sometimes requiring a minute or longer to notice. Is there any way to make this ...
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Chrome seems to use different DNS than IE 11--is this possible?

I know the question sounds odd. I have both Chrome and IE11. Google is homepage on both. On a fairly regular basis I will type in a search term and Chrome will just hang, usually ending up in some ...
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DNS resolution differs between ping and browsers

I've been in charge to move a web servers from our office to a datacenter. Its IP has changed, and I have updated the DNS accordingly. This was 6 days ago. Lets say its DNS name is customerarea....
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Chrome Residual Redirect to Login Page

My college redirects people in the dorms to a login page when using an ethernet (or wifi) connection. I am now at home, and certain domains keep redirecting to this login page. I've tried running ...
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