Comments on: DNS Propagation and the Reasons for its Delay

By: john

john — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:42:32 +0000

OK, but when resolving a name, only one server is used. Browsers don’t query every server when requesting a name. Nor do they all update at exactly the same time. So if local name server records are changed why do we need to wait for the whole world to update. Shouldn’t the name resolve when the regional server updates?

By: Dogma » Regex part 2 - clearing DNS caches on most systems

Dogma » Regex part 2 - clearing DNS caches on most systems — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:29:17 +0000

[...] is looking at the “old” setting. In this case, the new setting has not yet propogated. Hosting Admins come across this case very [...]

By: Agus Vidi

Agus Vidi — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:28:00 +0000

Helo,

This is awesome explanation.
Very good tutorial you have.

By: Edstart

Edstart — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:26:55 +0000

I think your explanation has all the nuances to make dns propagation clearly understood for me. For this I thank you very much.

If a user of the new domain wants to surf this domain which refers to the new ip number address until its propagation in the user’s isp’s local dns server (cache) I think there is a work around for this in personal hosts files.

It could come in handy to publish this or refer another webpage with this matter in extension to your article.

By: DNS And Name Server Cutover ~ IT Professionals

DNS And Name Server Cutover ~ IT Professionals — Tue, 27 May 2008 03:50:28 +0000

[...] for a couple of hours while I occupied myself with some other tasks. Keep in mind, there is an oft-quoted timeframe of 24-72 hours for DNS changes to propagate across all the various Root Name Servers used throughout the world. [...]

By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:24:06 +0000

That was really useful info…Enjoyed reading it..

By: Dorcas

Dorcas — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:53:07 +0000

hey that was a real quick and good tutorial on dns propogation and delay. Enjoyed it!