DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Fix

Aneh Thakur
TrinityTuts
Published in
2 min readMar 24, 2020

You can try below solution to fix DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN issues.

  1. Release and Renew IP Address
  2. Restart DNS Client Service
  3. Change DNS Servers
  4. Reset Your Browser
  5. Disable VPN and Antivirus Temporarily
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Release and Renew IP Address -

In Window open command prompt enter these commands ipconfig /release after this ipconfig /flushdns this command will flush all DNS cache. And after this type ipconfig /renew to renew your IP address.

In Mac open a terminal and enter this command dscacheutil -flushcache.

Restart DNS Client Service –

In Window press Windows + R then type servcies.msc hit enter then search for DNS client right-click on it select stop or start to enable/Disable the service

Change DNS Servers –

In Window, you can follow the below steps to change DNS Server.

→ Go to the Control Panel

→ Click on Network and Internet

→ Click on Network and Sharing Center

→ Go to Change Adapter Settings.

→ You’ll see some network icons here. Select the network you’re currently connected to and right-click on it. Select Properties.

→ Click on IPv4 and select Properties.

→ If “Obtain DNS server address automatically” is selected, click the radio button next to “Use the following DNS server addresses:”

→ Now enter the DNS addresses you want to use.

→ Click on Ok and Close.

In Mac, you can change DNS servers using the below steps

→ Go to System Preferences

→ Click on the Network icon and then click Advanced after that click on DNS tab then add DNS server Address

For IPv4: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1
For IPv6: 2606:4700:4700::1111 and 2606:4700:4700::1001

Reset Your Browser

– You can reset your browser from browser setting sometimes also help full.

Hope these steps fix you issue of DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Fix

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