[ale] dns propogation

[Andrew Newton]

Check the TTL with dig.

ex:
[anewton at zedonthego anewton]$ dig www.microsoft.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> www.microsoft.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 8448
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 11, ADDITIONAL: 11

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.microsoft.com.             IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.microsoft.com.      7200    IN      CNAME   www.microsoft.akadns.net.
www.microsoft.akadns.net. 300   IN      A       207.46.249.190

TTL-----------------------^^^

-andy

John Wells wrote:
> I've had to do some hosting co. switching in order to get Interchange
> going.  Now, my DNS entries are correct on verisign/netsol's servers, but
> Bellsouth's server still points to my old host.
> 
> How long does this typically take?  I changed NetSol's entries yesterday.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
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