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DNS Resolution and Routing Troubleshooting Flowchart

Type FlowchartStandard Sugiyama layered DAG + orthogonal routingEngine schematex-flowchartUpdated 8/24/2026
DNS Resolution and Routing Troubleshooting Flowchart
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The scenario

A user's website resolves to the wrong IP address, and the flowchart guides troubleshooting from local DNS cache to ISP-level issues.

What is in this drawing

Read the decisions behind it.

01

Check whether the wrong IP is from local DNS cache

02

Compare ISP DNS answer with a public resolver

03

Switch to public DNS as a temporary workaround

Use when diagnosing DNS resolution errors caused by stale or poisoned caches at the local or ISP level.

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