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I just spun up a new VPS, set it up with a fresh and clean LAMP stack and pointed my domain to it.

I waited a few hours and tried it and it was still my old website. For a laugh, I logged into my shared FTP that it was pointing to before and added some text to the index file to see if it would update, it did.

I went to another computer in the house, in this case a laptop, and went to the domain. It was updated to the VPS (I got the "It works!" screen). I then tried my phone, it too had already updated.

At this point, I did the following:

  • Cleared host file of Search and Destroy things (I had meant to do this earlier)
  • Ran CCleaner and got rid of all Firefox internet cache
  • Ran ipconfig /flushdns in console both under admin and regular user
  • Deleted all browser cache via in-application tool in Firefox
  • Refreshed page using ctrl + f5.
  • Disabled and re-enabled network adapter via sharing center.
  • Rebooted computer

I'm at a dead end. My computer has NEVER been this stubborn.

Can anyone help me out with getting it to update, seeing as other computers in the house already have?

EDIT I pinged domain and received:

Pinging expunged [expunged] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from expunged: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=51
Reply from expunged: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=51
Reply from expunged: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=51
Reply from expunged: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=51

Ping statistics for expunged:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 49ms, Maximum = 51ms, Average = 49ms

The IP it's saying it received is dead wrong. The IP should be: expunged

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  • Are all devices using the same DNS server? sometimes DNS servers outside the LAN can take 72 hours to update.
    – Ben Plont
    Commented Oct 19, 2013 at 4:41
  • Problem Solved ----- As Ben Plont commented, the troublesome computer was on OpenDNS. I took it off and removed the static IP I had set up (for which I have no idea) and then disabled/enabled adapter and it works. Thanks, Ben! Commented Oct 19, 2013 at 4:44
  • @Ramhound Just a question, I edited the answer. Is that how a good answer should look? Commented Oct 19, 2013 at 6:11

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As Ben Plont commented, the troublesome computer was on OpenDNS. I took it off and removed the static IP I had set up (for which I have no idea) and then disabled/enabled adapter and it works.

For anyone with the same problem, here is what I did with pictures:

(Windows 7)

Go to your start menu, and then to the control panel.

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In the search area, type "network".

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Click "Network and Sharing Center" and go to "Change Adapter Settings"

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Right click the adapter you're using, for me, it's "Local Area Connection". Choose properties.

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Left click the "IP Version 4" listing, and click "Properties".

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Set both radio buttons to "Obtain automatically."

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Fin. Hope this helps.

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