It seems a few of our members are experiencing difficulties accessing the website - YES, Louise is one of them - currently away filming and feeling totally cut off :( ((((HUGS))))) She has been advised by the Helpdesk of our hosting company that it is more than likely a cache issue. This is the guide they have provided to rectify it. ************* HOW TO CLEAR/FLUSH/RESET YOUR COMPUTER DNS CACHE A computer keeps a local cache of resolved DNS queries for a time defined by the DNS server, but sometimes it may be necessary to reset the cache immediately and re-query a DNS server. For example, you might do this after an entry on the server is changed or a new entry is added. If you are not able to access a website, it may mean either your computer or router has cached an old (and not working) set of IP addresses. You can try restarting your computer and router to see if this helps. Or you can try the steps below. For Microsoft Windows: First Step to Flushing your DNS, is to open your Windows Command prompt WinXP Start, Run and type cmd and press enter. Vista and Window 7: Click the Start Orb and type the word Command in the Start Search field. Finally right click the command prompt icon and select the option to Run as Administrator. Windows 8 and 8.1: Locate in the Start screen the Command Prompt icon and click on it. In the open prompt, type ipconfig /flushdns (without the quotes). You should receive a message of your success as confirmation when the cache is cleared. For Mac OSX The commands must be entered into the command line, by way of the Terminal applications (found in /Applications/Utilities/ in all version of Mac OS X). Launch that app first and then you can just copy and paste the commands in if you’d like. Mavericks dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder Lion and Moutain Liion sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder 10.5 and 10.6 dscacheutil -flushcache 10.3 and 10.4 lookupd -flushcache That’s it, that’s all there is to it. Flushing the cache removes all the information stored within the cache, forcing the computer to find the new DNS information.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 01:00:40 +0000
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