As is say it’s a chrome browser error and you can get this error on your every chrome installed device, wherever you are using your phone, laptop, desktop or anything who’s having chrome in it. In this article, I have mentioned solutions for Windows and Mac operating system so just skip those step which is not for your OS and only follows those who do apply to your OS.
1# Flushing DNS Setting
Normally your operating systems DNS client will automatically save the cache IP addresses or some other DNS kinds of stuff too, in order to speed up subsequent requests to the same hostname and because of some saved corrupted cached can make this problem to be occurred in your computer. To fix this problem you will need to clear cache from that saved cache storage in order for your network to communicate with the hostname properly. It’s possible your computer’s saved DNS cache got corrupted too and to fix it, you’ll need to flush all cached DNS from your computer and the given step below will help you to do it both.
#How To Flush DNS On WINDOWS
All these procedures are same for all windows version:
First, open the Run Commander in your windows by pressing the Windows Key +R key at the same time. After that, type the “cmd” in the text box and that will open your windows Command Prompt.
Now type the command “ipconfig /flushdns” and then press enter and it will flush all cached DNS from your PC.
After that, restart your computer and test it, if the problem still stays then open the cmd again and try the 2nd command listed below. Second command: “netsh winsock reset catalog” (only try when the above once won’t works).
#How To Flush DNS On Mac OS
Flushing the DNS in Mac OS X is an easy process, but the steps taken will depend on which version of OS X you are running. So first, open your Command terminal and type the command on it according to your OS versions which I’m all listed down below. Note: Enter the command and then it will ask you to enter the password so, give it to the commander. Note: Only this single command will fix the problem.
For “Mac OS X El Capitan” Type: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder For “Mac OS X Yosemite” Type: sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches For “Mac OS X Mavericks” Type: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder For “Mac OS X Mountain Lion” Type: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder For “Mac OS X Lion” Type: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder For “Mac OS X Snow Leopard” Type: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache For “Mac OS X El Capitan” Type: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder For “Mac OS X El Capitan” Type: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder For “Mac OS X Leopard and below” Type: sudo lookupd -flushcache
2# Renewing New IP and DNS Server
Refreshing your Local or DNS Server IP address can help you to troubleshoot your frustrating network, like fixing IP confliction and the best part is, this process is quick and easy, no matter which operating systems you’re using. I’m gonna showing you this renewing IP thinks only for windows and mac and if you’re using some other OS then you can search it on Google for doing this IP renew thing for your OS. @To renew IP on Windows OS you’ll need to do:
First, open your Windows CMD command prompt. Type “ipconfig /release” (without quotes) and press “Enter”. After that, type “ipconfig /renew” (without quotes) and then press Enter. Type “exit”. Restart your computer and test it, if the problem still stays the move to the next one.
@To renew IP on Mac OS you’ll need to do:
In the above-left menu click on the Apple button and go to System Preference. After that, open the “Network” setting. Select your currently active network connection who says ‘Connected’. Then click on the “Advanced” button. In the top menu, select the option named “TCP/IP”. Click On DHCP Lease button and by clicking on it can renew your Mac’s network IP address.
3# Change DNS IP To Public DNS
Changing DNS does help sometimes to fix this DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG. @To change DNS Server IP in your windows:
First, go to the “Network and Sharing center” and you can easily open it by pressing “Windows key + R key” and then type the command name “ncpa.cpl” on the commander and click “OK”. When it gets opened, click on the “Change adapter settings” option from the left-hand side panel. Next, right click on your active internet connection adaptor (Local area network or Wireless area network). Then click on Properties. Select the “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP v4)” option. Click on Properties (Yes, again, but it’s in a different window). Now select the “Use the following DNS server addresses”. In the “Use The Following DNS Server Addresses” type: In the first area “8.8.8.8”. In the second area ”8.8.4.4”.(As shown in the picture given below).
@To change DNS Server IP in your Mac OS: Step 1 – Go to your Mac System Preferences and select the Network panel setting (it will be listed in the Internet and Wireless section). Step 2 – Now go to the Network preference pane and select your current network (Airport or Ethernet) and then click on “Advanced”. Step 3 – After that, select the DNS tab from the above menu. Step 4 – Now in the DNS tab, you’ll need to add the Google’s DNS servers using the “+” button. DNS Server 1 (preferred): 8.8.8.8 DNS Server 2 (alternate): 8.8.4.4
4# Power Cycle
By saying power cycle I mean reboot your router or modem and everything connected between your ISP and device. Doing this power cycle does helps our system when it can’t able to get online or having some issue to get Internet access on any device or maybe its also possible your Internet connection cannot be established on your router/gateway. To Power Cycle or Reboot your Network Device like Modem/Router, please follow these steps: After that, if your internet still doesn’t work on any device then call your ISP and if your internet working on all other devices and your main particular device’s chrome still having this error code DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG, then you should continue with this tutorial.
5# Reset Browsers
Resetting your browser to its default state can often fix problems and using this option will won’t delete your bookmarks and passwords, but it make everything else back to its default state.
The steps below are same for all operating systems whatever you’re using Windows, Mac and Linux versions of Chrome
You’ll need to type this address “chrome://settings/resetProfileSettings” into your Chrome’s address bar and it will show the reset option. Just click on reset.
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