Today the internet is widely used for investigating, watching videos, or doing endless banking and business. But it is common that sometimes the pages we are looking for are not loaded, for example when the message is displayed " Host resolution «.
Most of the time when this message appears, you are not allowed to access the requested web, as a DNS server is required. For this reason we will help you in this article how to fix host resolution error in your browser once and for all. But first, we will explain what host is in computing and what functions it provides to the user who uses it on a computer.
What is a host in networks?
A host is any computer connected to a network through a defined domain and IP number. In order to provide resources, information and services to users, such as the Internet, that transmits data over the web. However, this may sometimes prevent you from accessing a web page and the "Host Resolution" message appears, which ultimately does not open.
Check the DNS server
Next, we want to show you how to troubleshoot the host check if there is a DNS server change.
- Access the "Settings" Windows by pressing the Windows + I keys.
- Open the "Network and Internet" option.
- In the "Status" window at the bottom there is an option called " Change adapter options «.
- Now right click on the network you are using and hit the "Properties" option.
- Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4) and Properties will then open.
- Select the "Use the following DNS server addresses" option.
- Now fill in the two boxes that appear.
This checks the best DNS servers and solves the problem that occurs when you want to access a web page.
Clear the DNS cache in Windows and in the browser
If the above option doesn't work, we'll try clear the DNS cache, that is to clear all the cache that the system saves as a browser. This process is enforced because the host resolution message normally appears when we visit the same webpage in our browser.
Clear the DNS cache in Windows.
- You will enter the "Command Prompt" by pressing the Windows + R keys and this will open a window called "Run", you will type the word "cmd" and press "OK".
- Once you are at the command prompt, you will type the following ipconfig / flushdns command.
- After applying the command, a message will appear explaining that the DNS resolution was successfully cleared.
In this way you would empty the cache which is registered in the Windows system, we recommend that you apply the command as we have written it.
Svuota the DNS cache of the Google Chrome browser.
Chrome is the most used browser to the world and there is also the possibility that it will accumulate the cache, so we explain how to delete it.
- Log in to the Chrome browser.
- Type chrome://net-internals/#dns in the address bar and hit enter.
- Subsequently, a window will open where the table of equivalences between the IP and the names of the web pages you visit appears.
- At the top there is a button called "clear host cache", you will click on it to clear the DNS cache in your Google Chrome browser.
Clear the DNS cache in the Firefox browser.
If you use the Firefox browser the process is different, with this we have to apply a different action to forget the cached cache.
- Enter the Firefox browser.
- Type in the address bar about:config and hit enter.
- When a new window opens, it will search for a called entry network.dnsHiddenExpiration and click on it.
- It will now set its value to 0, so that Firefox will ignore the DNS cache when accessing a web page.
Finally, when performing the above steps, the "Host Resolution" issue will be resolved in both the Windows operating system and the web browser.
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