Thread: Processing time for changing DNS

I have several domains that I'm going to change to voda dns server. I have websites for these that I would like to upload. Is there a processing time between changing the DNS and uploading the website?

Thanks,
Rhonda

Originally Posted by Serenityenterprises

I have several domains that I'm going to change to voda dns server. I have websites for these that I would like to upload. Is there a processing time between changing the DNS and uploading the website?

Thanks,
Rhonda

hi Rhonda

If you go into your current domain registrar's panel to manager your domains, and point them to voda servers, this happens instantly ... You will be able to publish your newly built websites right away ...

:)

LadyEye, when I did that earlier this year, I could publish my homepage, but I had to wait about 8 hours before I could view my page on IE.

Country/location anything to do with this?

Are you sure it was just the name servers being pointed? Not transferring your domain? I've done many, and mine have all been instant, perhaps it has to do with the domain registrar themself .. I can't imagine it matters where we live .. I did one yesterday and by the time I closed that and opened my page to publish I was all set, just a matter of minutes ...

Thanks LadyEye. Not that it matters now, but I'm very curious about this and to use it as a learning curve to be able to help others.

No, I have a .co.za domain and I could not transfer it as VH is not a .co.za registrar. So I had to have a DNS pointing. Then when I have managed to point my DNS to VH servers, I've received notification that the pointing has been done successfully, but that I had to allow a couple of hours before I will be able to see my new website. Here is an extract from the regitrar's email: "The changed domain should become correct after all Secondary transfers
- within about 8 hours. However, other machines that have the old
information previously cached may still retain information longer than
this. The Update could take as long as 24 hours."