Domain Transfer

[DevilDog#1]

How long does it usually to transfer of Domain from one hosting to to another? The IP from the new hosting company works but URL still points to old Hosting?

[IcIshoot]

takes 24-48 hours for changes made to the domain dns info to filter through the internet.

[Scott]

I usually see DNS changes right away. Some ISP's are quicker at updating their dns than others..

A few things that may help:

In a command prompt type "ipconfig /flushdns", or reboot

Change your dns servers: http://www.opendns.com/

Edit your hosts file: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file

[SilentTrigger]

.com = Quick, wait around 20 min.

co.uk = Slow, wait around 24 hours.

Easy breakdown, .com is the quickets other are slower.

[IcIshoot]

but it also depends on dns servers upstream from you - a friend of mine switched his domain to an other server...

I was able to view it with in hours, his took 2 days lol

Don't know about your domain registar, but one of the ones I use lets me adjust the time to live setting for my domains - thus I can set it to a smaller time frame, causing dns servers to update the records sooner (I think that is what it is called, been 3 years since I have done it lol)

[DevilDog#1]

Originally posted by Scott
I usually see DNS changes right away. Some ISP's are quicker at updating their dns than others..

A few things that may help:

In a command prompt type "ipconfig /flushdns", or reboot

How do we do that in Linux and Mac?

[katana*GFR*]

Release:
$ sudo dhclient -r

Obtain:
$ sudo dhclient

linux.

[Scott]

Originally posted by DevilDog#1
How do we do that in Linux and Mac?

What are linux and mac?

[SilentTrigger]

Mac = One of those burgers you get at Macky D, the burger is also known as Big Mac