Force DNS Flsuh?

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The_Hawk
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Force DNS Flsuh?

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I seem to have an IP address stuck and can't clear it... Is there anyway to force Gargoyle to clear it's cache?

pbix
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Re: Force DNS Flsuh?

Post by pbix »

Find the process number of dnsmasq on your router and type 'kill -s SIGHUP <pid>"

But often such problems are due to the client machines cache and not the router's.
Linksys WRT1900ACv2
Netgear WNDR3700v2
TP Link 1043ND v3
TP-Link TL-WDR3600 v1
Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2
WRT54G-TM

The_Hawk
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Re: Force DNS Flsuh?

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As it turns out it's my ISP's name server... seems just about every lookup I do shows the correct IP except when I use the default auto ISP supplied one... :(

Hopefully that will update shortly and solve my problems.

hnl_dk
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Re: Force DNS Flsuh?

Post by hnl_dk »

The_Hawk wrote:As it turns out it's my ISP's name server... seems just about every lookup I do shows the correct IP except when I use the default auto ISP supplied one... :(

Hopefully that will update shortly and solve my problems.
ere are often problems with the DNS servers of the ISPs (at least here in Denmark).
I am using the following (google and opendns)...
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Router: TL-WR1043ND - Gargoyle 1.5.4
AP: TL-WR1043ND - Gargoyle 1.5.4

sonicsolutions
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Re: Force DNS Flsuh?

Post by sonicsolutions »

Easiest way to do this on both Gargoyle and any version of OpenWRT:

SSH into the router & restart dnsmasq

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./etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
Cache cleared! (At least at the router, doesn't mean the isp hasn't cached it too!)

Hope this helps anybody that wants to do this in the future.

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