Hi

Just wondering how long it usually takes for the DNS for a site to propogate?

I set the DNS for my domain 3.5 days ago, and when i visit the site, it still gives me a "DNS error" page for windows. i also went to internic and checked to see if the dns change was registered and it has been.

hmm..... should i just wait longer?

Normally between 24 - 72 hours. Are you sure it has updated? Have you checked the IPs etc.? Have you tried pinging the site? Have you checked if the DNS and/or Web server is down or unavailable?

Originally posted by rochen
Normally between 24 - 72 hours. Are you sure it has updated? Have you checked the IPs etc.? Have you tried pinging the site? Have you checked if the DNS and/or Web server is down or unavailable?

i'm pretty sure it's updated on the internic.net site. i checked it using whois, and it gives the right DNS entries. i haven't checked the IPs yet. how do i do that?

i tried pinging the site and it said

Ping request could not find host www.cleartape.net. Please check the name and try again.


i think the DNS is up. i just pinged it and it seems to be up. the web server should be up i think. but i'm not sure how i can verify that. when i ftp to it, it's fine.

if you're using domain name in using FTP, it should be fine.
just check your www page again and don't forget to use Ctrl+Refresh the browser as it may be coming from cache.

But if using IP address to connect to FTP, then things may not be sorted out.

Is it confirmed that your domain is tied to the DNS?

Are you sure you have the correct DNS?

DNS server NS2.GENERICNAMESERVERS.net [66.179.60.80] is alive, but not authoritative for domain 'cleartape.net' and didn't return SOA
DNS server NS1.GENERICNAMESERVERS.net [66.179.60.251] is alive, but not authoritative for domain 'cleartape.net' and didn't return SOA

hmm.... i don't know. i think maybe the forgot to add my dns entry in. could that be it?

if it is i'll send them a support ticket.

is that what it means by "no authoritative"?

percolate is such an attractive word compared to propagate.

Originally posted by massive
hmm.... i don't know. i think maybe the forgot to add my dns entry in. could that be it?

if it is i'll send them a support ticket.

is that what it means by "no authoritative"?

It means that your domain is not allowed to use these name servers. Maybe they forgot to add your domain... :eek:

http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=cleartape.net

You can check DNS from within windows, just update your network settings with the DNS you need to test (Can be done immediatley after setting up a new domain)

Control Panel/ Network / DNS configuration

Enter the IP and ns that you need to check, reboot and then you should be able to see any sites added with those name servers immediately with your web browser. :D

I normally start seeing DNS changes within about 12 hours. However, I've got our office DNS server clearing the DNS cache hourly so I am not held up by ISP DNS delays. New domain registrations are always visible to me within 24 hours.

If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP you can use the "nslookup" tool (also available with Linux). You can use this to query different record types directly from the DNS server; eg:

C:\Documents and Settings\Shaun Ewing>nslookup
Default Server: pluto.dc1.largenets.com
Address: 10.1.0.254

> server ns1.largenets.net
Default Server: ns1.largenets.net
Address: 216.40.250.171

> set querytype=a
> largenets.com
Server: ns1.largenets.net
Address: 216.40.250.171

Name: largenets.com
Address: 216.40.250.172

If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP (this may work with others), you could try flushing the local operating system DNS cache by doing: "ipconfig /flushdns" (no quotes) at the command prompt.

--Shaun.