[olug] Domain name propagation - how long?

[Trent Melcher]

I think they update the root server twice a day everyday. So a registered
domain could start working in no later than 12 hours I believe.  The
propagation does take some time after the root servers are updated, so it
could take 1 -2 days for it to completely propagate, it all depends on how
pepole have their DNS servers configured.  THe quickest I had a domain
actually work was in about 3 hours, but I got it registered just before the
root servers were schedule to do their updates.

Trent

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org]On Behalf Of
Ryan Stille
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:23 AM
To: olug at olug.org
Subject: [olug] Domain name propagation - how long?


I have some text on a page that tells a user after they have registered a
domain: "your domain will start working in 1-2 business days".  Is this
correct or does the "business" part not even matter?   I think it used to be
that the root servers restarted twice a day Monday - Friday.  Is this the
case anymore?

-Ryan
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