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| Once
the account is set
up on a server the
"nameservers"
for the domain hosted
on the server must
be changed. Nameservers
are the internet's
way to direct someone
to your site. When
someone types in the
address: www.yourdomain.com
that name is translated
(or resolved) into
numbers (called an
IP address) and then
the computer is directed
to the correct site
using those numbers.
The translation of
a domain name to an
IP address is done
through nameservers.
Nameservers are handled
by a domain registrar-the
place where the domain
name was registered. |
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| Once
the nameservers have
been updated at the
domain registrar it
takes up to 72 hours
for this information
to filter through
the internet. What
happens is that your
domain registrar submits
this information to
the master record
database and it is
available there very
soon. However, each
ISP (the way you access
the internet) does
not use the master
record every time
they need to find
a domain name. |
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| What
the ISPs do is copy
the master record
and then have their
own database of nameserver
information. When
someone on their ISP
looks for a domain
name they are given
the information in
their database not
necessarily the up
to date master record.
The problem comes
due to the fact that
each ISP updates their
database with the
new information whenever
they want to. Some
do it every night,
some every other day
and some up to 3 days. |
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| So
even though you made
the nameserver changes
it *depend* on when
your ISP updates the
info in their database,
which can take up
to three days even
though your account
is activated right
away. This does not
mean you cannot access
your account and transfer
files--you can do
that right away as
well as set up all
of your mail accounts
and more, but until
everyone updates to
the new records some
people might not find
your site. The process
of this filtering
of the master record
through the internet
is called DNS propagation. |
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