Search Again: Re: how long of delay with ip address change? From: Mia''s Virtual Post Office Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 Time: 9:08:00 pm Donovan Watts said: >I moved my mail server to another machine so I had to update the new IP >address in QuickDNS Admin. Now I can't reach my mail server by name >(mail.websurfhawaii.com), only by it's new IP address. > >Now, how long must I wait for this to filter through so everything is back >to normal? Must I do anything else or tell anyone else, like my ISP about >this change? You will want to contact your Upscale provider if they do your secondary DNS, so that they can do a reboot to speed up the process. Essentially it will take a bit to make its way around to all the Name servers on the net. Once it does and they cache this new info then you will be set. I have seen it take anywhere from 12 hours to 5 days for this type of change to occur globally. Also make sure you Time to Live is not set to high. > >In the same vein, what if I want to move my _name server_ to a different >machine? I move QDNS Pro and update my records with Admin but must I let my >ISP know since he is my ADSL connection as well as my secondary? Typically when doing big changes like this it is a good idea to have duplicate servers set up on both IP's to handle any latency between name servers that may have old info. > Ciao, jer "On a day no different than the one now dawning, Leonardo drew the first strokes of the Mona Lisa, Shakespeare wrote the first words of Hamlet, and Beethoven began work on his Ninth Symphony." And Windows98 Crashed! COMPAQ Class Action Law Suit: http://members.aol.com/CClass450/index.htm

Messages In This Thread: how long of delay with ip address change? by Donovan Watts on Jun 10, 1999 at 8:38:00 pm Re: how long of delay with ip address change? by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Jun 10, 1999 at 9:08:00 pm Re: how long of delay with ip address change? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 11, 1999 at 3:24:00 am