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[TheCaptainJZ]

Meep Meep, on 05 May 2022 - 01:04 PM, said:

The only thing that 'needs' to be powered down is the modem but I always say do them all because it can solve a few other issues since some people leave their pc running for days or weeks without a reset including me. But yes the command line also works but its simpler for me to simply power down the pc and shut off the power strip because I can never remember the damn commands.

Yeah, command line isn't something everyone uses. I happen to work in IT so yeah.

[Seelenlos]

Meep Meep, on 05 May 2022 - 01:04 PM, said:

The only thing that 'needs' to be powered down is the modem but I always say do them all because it can solve a few other issues since some people leave their pc running for days or weeks without a reset including me. But yes the command line also works but its simpler for me to simply power down the pc and shut off the power strip because I can never remember the damn commands.

We should not forget the W10 Problem with its Updates.
If they are in queue and are not done, they also make bad IP behaviors!

So The whole thing would go like,
1. update
2. make cleanermanager
3. W10 fast Virus scan
4. restart all 1. comuters, 2. Switches 3. Routers/modems) and restart in backward queue again

[LordNothing]

TheCaptainJZ, on 05 May 2022 - 12:12 PM, said:

ipconfig /flushdns would take care of that for a Windows computer without restarting. Unless I'm mistaken, powering down the computer will not reset the DNS tables.

that can only solve local dns cache corruption. its possible for the dns server to be corrupted as well. in fact thats how you end up with bogus data in your dns cache in the first place. its a case of garbage in garbage out. not to say that flushing dns shouldn't accompany any dns changes, you should probibly do it. its just not the digital panacea people make it out to be. temporary dns issues can usually be bypassed by changing dns servers. i usually alternate between cloudflare and google, especially if your isp has dodgy dns servers (i think they all do if were being honest).

[LordNothing]

Meep Meep, on 05 May 2022 - 01:04 PM, said:

The only thing that 'needs' to be powered down is the modem but I always say do them all because it can solve a few other issues since some people leave their pc running for days or weeks without a reset including me. But yes the command line also works but its simpler for me to simply power down the pc and shut off the power strip because I can never remember the damn commands.

unplug/replug and rebooting are more digital panaceas. shotgun a lot of easy fixes and hope one of them solves the problem. it works more often than not, but it also doesnt reveal what the problem was (unless you apply them systematically) or how to avoid it in the future.

Edited by LordNothing, 06 May 2022 - 11:25 AM.

[TheCaptainJZ]

LordNothing, on 06 May 2022 - 11:01 AM, said:

that can only solve local dns cache corruption. its possible for the dns server to be corrupted as well. in fact thats how you end up with bogus data in your dns cache in the first place. its a case of garbage in garbage out. not to say that flushing dns shouldn't accompany any dns changes, you should probibly do it. its just not the digital panacea people make it out to be. temporary dns issues can usually be bypassed by changing dns servers. i usually alternate between cloudflare and google, especially if your isp has dodgy dns servers (i think they all do if were being honest).

Of course, I was only touching on one aspect that rebooting your computer doesn't clear your DNS cache.