cyberdoc Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 hi I am new to these forums and not quite sure where to ask this. I purchased a hosting plan with TCH and followed the instructions to change dns servers to tch's and have waited the 72 hours as instructed. Yet I still cant access my site by name, only by ip. I purchased my domain name through bravenet and changed the dns stuff there but I am at a loss as to why I cant see my site by name. Please help. I am new to this and if this is in the wrong place I apologize. Quote
TCH-Rick Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 Nick answered your Help Desk ticket and I looked at it as well. One thing I have noticed is that .org names sometimes take longer to propagate to the different whois databases. I found that many still do not have the domain listed. If it is not working in the morning I would contact the registrar and be sure that things are working correctly on their end. I have looked at the set up on our server and all looks in order. Quote
cyberdoc Posted October 21, 2003 Author Posted October 21, 2003 I fast replied and i dont know if it worked heh. Thank you for your quick response. It just seems odd to me that register.com is the only one who even thinks my domain exists. Every other dns lookup I tried says www.digitaldreamscapes.org doesnt exist. I dont believe its a problem on Total choices part its just aggrevationg for me as someone who doesnt know alot about how it all works. Quote
TCH-Don Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 Well if helps, I see it and dns shows ns1.totalchoicehosting.com Thumbs Up but it can take a full 3 days for all ISP to update their nameservers Quote
curtis Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 Like turtle, I tried it and your site shows up fine. When I moved to TCH I could see my site after just 1 day but it took my daughter ,who lives across town, 4 days. Quote
TCH-Rick Posted October 22, 2003 Posted October 22, 2003 Yep. It is showing up in all the whois databases now. The .org names do tend to take longer to get that first step done. Once it has propagated to the databases it can propagate pretty quickly to the different nameservers around the net. Murphy's Law of Propagation still applies: "You will be the last to see your domain." Quote
cyberdoc Posted October 22, 2003 Author Posted October 22, 2003 Hehe I believe you about that murphy's law. It is working great! Thanks for the fast responses. Quote
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