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DNS Transfer

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  • 09-07-2006 11:59pm
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    Robin1982
    Closed Accounts Posts: 323 ✭✭


    I transferred my website's DNS last Friday evening (Register.com) - the estimate was that it would take 12-24 hours. It's over 48 hours now.

    My ISP is Smart BB. Should I have more patience? How long in people's experience does this transfer take?

    P.S. The WHOIS and all that is updated. Email is already being redirected.


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    Ph3n0m
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭Ph3n0m


    Believe this or not, even if you did the transfer on Friday evening, chances are the process wont beging until Monday morning


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    misterq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 382 ✭✭misterq


    why would it not begin until Monday morning is the whois is already updated?
    I assume from this you mean the nameservers have changed Robin?

    If thats the case, then 24 hours should be plenty of time, unless you have any local DNS settings on your PC you may have created that might make you still see the old site.


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    It will depend on the TTL (time to live) of the previous hosting provider. If their records are not set to expire for 48 or 72 hours then you can see a considerable delay in updates spreading across the 'net.
    Basically the TTL setting tells other nameservers how long a DNS record is valid, so until it "expires" other nameservers won't bother checking for updates

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    #5
    Robin1982
    Closed Accounts Posts: 323 ✭✭Robin1982


    Seems to have gone through first thing this morning :) .

    Thanks to all those that have posted.


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