Comments on: Propagate and Refresh DNS Cache Faster http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/06/propagate-and-refresh-dns-cache-faster/ Living Digitally and Electronically Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:45:11 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: What a nightmare – my site was DOWN! | tripwire magazine http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/06/propagate-and-refresh-dns-cache-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-590294 What a nightmare – my site was DOWN! | tripwire magazine Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:26:40 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/06/propagate-and-refresh-dns-cache-faster/#comment-590294 [...] After installing everything and confirming that the site was running as expected (just much faster) it was time to change the A Record for my domain tripwiremagazine.com. I’m using a seperate service for hosting my domains which I consider a advantage. In this case it turned out to be a great advantage because I could switch hosting in just a few hours. No matter how you host your domain changing DNS for it is not something you can do quick. I know that it can take hours and in worst case many hours to have DNS changes propagated around the globe. I found this article that I would have loved to read just a few days ago as it would have limited the amount of time the change took. Basically the tip is to lower your TTL for the A Record a few days before you’re planning to switch Hosting Company: Propagate and Refresh DNS Cache Faster [...] [...] After installing everything and confirming that the site was running as expected (just much faster) it was time to change the A Record for my domain tripwiremagazine.com. I’m using a seperate service for hosting my domains which I consider a advantage. In this case it turned out to be a great advantage because I could switch hosting in just a few hours. No matter how you host your domain changing DNS for it is not something you can do quick. I know that it can take hours and in worst case many hours to have DNS changes propagated around the globe. I found this article that I would have loved to read just a few days ago as it would have limited the amount of time the change took. Basically the tip is to lower your TTL for the A Record a few days before you’re planning to switch Hosting Company: Propagate and Refresh DNS Cache Faster [...]

]]> By: Jayadev http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/06/propagate-and-refresh-dns-cache-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-581589 Jayadev Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:00:08 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/06/propagate-and-refresh-dns-cache-faster/#comment-581589 Very useful information... thanks a lot Very useful information… thanks a lot

]]> By: Cellmod http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/06/propagate-and-refresh-dns-cache-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-538264 Cellmod Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:51:36 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/06/propagate-and-refresh-dns-cache-faster/#comment-538264 Great tip. I hope I don't have to wait 72 hours for it to update now! A word of warning though... Don't start messing around with the cName settings unless you know what your doing! Great tip. I hope I don’t have to wait 72 hours for it to update now!

A word of warning though… Don’t start messing around with the cName settings unless you know what your doing!

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