To clear cached DNS info in various versions of Mac OS X...
Mac OS X Yosemite and later: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder Mac OS X Yosemite v10.10 through v10.10.3: sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache Mac OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder Mac OS X Snow Leopard: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
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